Executive Directors of MyRWA and GreenRoots travelled to Washington, D.C. to meet with the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Council and request restoration funding meant for the Mystic—and succeeded!

Workers recently completed construction of a project to reduce the discharge of pollutants into Alewife Brook in Arlington. Original article from the Boston Globe.

Mystic River watershed cities just started lobbying the Baker administration for $5 million to help improve the Amelia Earhart Dam’s pumping capacity. Photo: David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

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.