Task force members from the Great Marsh Community Resiliency Planning Project met last week in Salisbury and Ipswich to review documents identifying each community’s vulnerability to climate-driven threats. Concluding the first phase of the two-year planning effort, this meeting was…
As part of the Great Marsh Resiliency Planning project, the National Wildlife Federation and Ipswich River Watershed Association convened a group of land conservation professionals and local Conservation Commissioners to take a look at places where salt marshes might be…
Thanks to the efforts of several Pie-Rivers partners, approximately 1400 acres of land in the Great Marsh will be conserved in the upcoming months. A $720,000 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant was recently awarded to the Massachusetts Division…
The summer of 2015 was marked by a big data collection push to help identify and prioritize problem in-stream barriers throughout the PIE-Rivers region. In June, field crews began the arduous task of collecting precise measurements including bridge dimensions and…
The 5th Annual Meeting of the River Herring Network will take place on Thursday, October 15th from 10:30AM-4:00PM at the Pembroke Public Library on 142 Center St. This year the meeting is being hosted by the Pembroke Herring Fisheries Commission.…
Great Marsh Coalition 2015 Sea Level Rise Symposium Great Marsh Communities in Action Join fellow local officials, residents, and partners to explore and discuss case studies of adaptation efforts to address sea level rise impacts in the Great Marsh Where:…
The Parker River Clean Water Association was among the recipients of Massachusetts Environmental Trust funding announced in July 2015 for a Blandings turtle project in Boxford. Parker River Clean Water Association (Boxford) - $44,000 has been awarded for head-starting Blanding's…
The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) is requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine-dependent, and diadromous fish species along the Atlantic Coast. Federal funding available under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan through…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Funding for Coastal Communities to Combat Effects of Climate Change BOSTON – Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) will solicit Requests for Response…
NOAA Announces $9 Million in Grants to Improve Coastal Community Resilience Two new NOAA grant programs will help coastal communities and their managers create on-the-ground projects to make them more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events, climate hazards,…