Environmental Planner for the Ipswich River Watershed Association Kristen Grubbs, Town of Ipswich Water Director Vicki Halman, George Comiskey of the Parker River Clean Water Association and Michelle Craddock of DER meet for a Water Quality Workshop.
Pictured above: Peter Phippen (8 Towns and the Great Marsh) Kaitlyn Shaw (Ipswich River Watershed Association) and Liz Duff (Mass Aubudon) pool their knowledge of local tidal crossings. In collaboration with municipal and PIE-Rivers partners, we are in the midst…
Yesterday was the PIE-Rivers Partnership’s Annual Meeting and a chance for the towns, organizations and volunteers who make up the three-watershed collective to give feedback on the Partnership’s Action Plan and priorities moving forward. Thanks to grant funding from the…
Congratulations to the municipalities in the Ipswich Watershed and across Massachusetts who are taking strides to protect their water resources. On October 1st, communities submitted Notices of Intent for the federal stormwater permit, which went into effect for the Commonwealth…
Helping communities plan for the future is an important component of our PIE-Rivers Municipal Services Program. Begun in 2014, the program aims to support towns in their efforts to comply with water-related regulations and to plan and implement projects that…
Massachusetts municipalities own and manage a majority of the 30,000 road-stream crossings in Massachusetts. Many of these structures are reaching the end of their serviceable lifespan and 40-60% of these crossings create barriers to aquatic passage and to stream flow.…
PIE-Rivers Partners are looking out for opportunities to address threats to the Ipswich, Parker and Essex Rivers. Invasive species are one such threat, in particular invasive aquatic plants. Exotic, invasive aquatic plants can infest water bodies causing problems for fish…
We are excited to announce that the final Great Marsh Coastal Adaptation Plan is now available online and accessible to all! The Great Marsh Coastal Adaptation Plan is the product of a two-year adaptation planning effort led by the…
Thanks to the more than 50 Parker, Ipswich and Essex Rivers partners and interested citizens who joined us at our 2017 PIE-Rivers Annual Meeting in early December. The Partnership is comprised of conservation and community leaders representing a wide range…
Multiple PIE-Rivers partners culminated years of work when the headwaters of the Castle Neck River in Ipswich were permanently protected earlier this spring. The Pony Express Farm, with its 128 acres of rolling land and riverfront, has been saved from…