MyRWA PROJECTS
MyRWA works with many organizations to accomplish our goals. Below are current and past MyRWA projects. Click here to view a list of our partners.
RAIN GARDENS
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MyRWA received funds courtesy of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for rain garden implementation. MyRWA is working with the Town of Arlington, City of Everett and local community groups to design and build one to two rain gardens in each city.
Read more about rain gardens here.
HERRING MONITORING
MyRWA's Herring Monitoring Program will debut in April 2012. Volunteers are needed to count fish and support our data collection so that we can estimate run size.
Find out more about herring here.
WATER CHESTNUT REMOVAL PROJECT
Partnering with local organizations and boat clubs including Groundwork Somerville, Friends of the Mystic River, Riverside Yacht Club, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and others, volunteers are participating in a multi-year project to control water chestnuts in the Mystic.
Read more about this important effort here.
SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS (SEP)
MyRWA developed a SEP library - add your project to the list! SEPs are environmentally beneficial projects that a violator voluntarily agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action, but which the respondent is not otherwise legally required to perform.
Check out the SEP library here.
MYSTIC STORMWATER EDUCATION PROGRAM
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In 2010 and 2011, MyRWA and four partnering organizations worked with youth from Malden, Chelsea and Cambridge to provide hands-on stormwater education courtesty of a US EPA grant.
Read more about the Stormwater Education Program.
EPA STEERING COMMITTEE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convenes a Mystic River Watershed Steering Committee to address the issues and needs of the communities and natural resources of the Mystic River Watershed. The Steering Committee includes 22 organizations including not-for-profit community groups, local, state, and federal governmental agencies.
Click here for more information on the EPA Steering Committee.
BLUEBACK HERRING RIVER ROUTE
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The Blueback Herring River Route serves to link people from Somerville’s popular public park, Foss Park, and the Mystic River at the DCR Blessing of the Bay Boathouse.
More information on the Blueback Herring River Route can be found by clicking the link here.
MYSTIC RIVER COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
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The Mystic River Collaborative Project is an urban design and low impact development assessment project of Chelsea Creek. The goal of this project is to improve water quality of Chelsea Creek as well as access to the waterfront in this area.
Click the link here for more information on the Mystic River Collaborative Project.
MYSTIC RIVER CORRIDOR STRATEGY PROJECT
This Project aims to create a collective vision for the Mystic River corridor to help communities advance the goal of realizing the full potential of the Mystic River. An outcome of this project includes the development of an information clearinghouse and web-based dynamic map of the Lower Mystic.
Click here for more information on the Mystic River Corridor Strategy.