Projects – PIE-Rivers Partnership

Central Street Fishway Restoration

Renovated Central Street fishway on the Parker River in Byfield, MA (2014)

The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, in partnership with the Merrimack Valley Stormwater Collaborative, Ipswich River…

Discontinued This monitoring effort was discontinued at the end of 2012. Monitoring had taken place…

Location of the Town of Georgetown within the PIE-Rivers region

LTER-PIE: Interactions Between External Drivers, Humans and Ecosystems in Shaping Ecological Process in a Mosaic…

The pepperweed control project is designed to increase the health of salt marshes in the…

Conservation organizations in the Great Marsh have been noticing concerning trends in the region's salt…

Science and Prioritization

View of the South Middleton Dam from the north bank of the Ipswich River

Project Title: Water Quality Restoration Program Roadmap Watershed: Ipswich River Municipalities: Middleton, Danvers This project aims to expedite…

Complete (2020)

Before and after removal photos of Ox Pasture Brook lower dam site (hover over picture…

The Eelgrass Restoration and Green Crab Monitoring Program is a component of the overall Great…

Ipswich River Watershed Interns conducting road-stream crossing surveys in 2014. From left to right: Shannon…

The Recipe for Water Resiliency is an enhanced water conservation plan, based on the experiences…

Ipswich Mills Dam from the Riverwalk foobridge with EBSCO Publishing buildings in the background

Project Title: Promoting Natural Resources Stewardship and Managing Growth Wisely in Essex County Watersheds: Parker,…

The invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenes) has been a destructive force in the northern…

Castle Neck Salt Marsh Restoration and Mosquito Management Project

In 2010, the Town of Ipswich, The Trust for Public Land, Essex County Greenbelt and…