The Plum Island Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research Network is an integrated research, education and outreach program with the goal of developing a predictive understanding of the long-term response of watershed and estuarine ecosystems to changes in climate, land use and…
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…
Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program The Division of Ecological Restoration (DER), Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, is seeking proposals from Massachusetts municipalities interested in replacing an undersized, perched, and/or degraded culvert located in an area of high ecological…