From a 3-legged stool to an octopus: water quality is here to stay. And between now and #GivingTuesday--your gifts will be matched 1:1!

MyRWA joins the Friends of the Fells in supporting the effort to stop this development of the 90-mm Meadow, which sits on conservation land that is in short supply in Greater Boston.

Original article in the Everett Independent.

You invested your time, here’s how we did this season!

Original Article from the EPA: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-healthy-community-grants-will-help-protect-health-mass

We are so proud of this spectacular migration that takes place right here in the Mystic. Take a look at the 2018 numbers here.

Thanks to our Education Program Manager and partnerships with teachers across the watershed, hundreds of students are learning about the Mystic River and taking field trips to Mystic destinations. Read about our new programs and the philosophy behind in-nature learning here. 

Medford’s Macdonald Park gets a new overlook! Original article on Medford Patch, contributed by the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Friends of the Malden River removed over 76 bags of trash on the Malden, and brought 100 people to this hidden waterway.

Read More about reducing pollution in Alewife Brook through Arlington green infrastructure project.

Mill Brook and Wellington Park are getting a makeover. Learn More at Old Schwamb Mill Exhibit.

Encore Boston Harbor recognized for their remediation work on the Mystic River.

Review 2007 and updated draft bylaws; attend special meeting to review updated bylaws.

For the past two years MyRWA has hosted Oriental Bittersweet removal events as part of a 2-year National Fish and Wildlife Foundation project to improve habitat in the biggest park on the Mystic River.

Notice from MassDEP: October 3 Meeting in Woburn to Launch Aberjona River Watershed Restoration Planning 

Zoe Davis has joined MyRWA as the Land Stewardship Coordinator/TerraCorps member. Get to know her here!

It’s been nearly two years since MyRWA and partners packed Everett City Hall for the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Chapter 91 License Application Public Hearing about the National Grid site located along the Malden River—and we finally have some good news.

You may have heard about the oil spill in the Mystic last spring–the good news is that the Department of Environmental Protection, Eversource and the Coast Guard are working in partnership to clean it up, and they are nearing a resolution on the water.