2022 marked our first year back at full force for outdoor volunteer activities after several slow years adapting to COVID-19 pandemic. To increase the health and resilience of watershed ecosystems, we work with volunteers to remove invasive species and pick up trash from parks and paths along the river.
We are energized by and extremely grateful for community members’ enthusiasm to restore and protect the Mystic. Thank you for making this work possible!
Join us in celebrating some of the highlights from the 2022 stewardship season:
By the Numbers
Larger and more frequent events, volunteer leaders, corporate investment, and new staff all contributed to the success of our stewardship efforts in 2022.
Season Highlights
The first water chestnut event of the season at the Mystic Lakes was greatly aided by this shopping cart find. Working with Point 32 Health and community volunteers, we completely filled a compost dumpster to the top — 410 baskets of water chestnut in total for the day!
Our first ever Teen Volunteer Week brought high school students from around the watershed together along the Mystic. These events were co-led by youth from GreenRoots ECO, Medford Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, and our 2021 volunteers of the year, Iris and Jasmine Zhao.
You never know what you’ll see when you’re out in the watershed! Here are some of our most memorable animal encounters from the season:
A crayfish hitches a ride in a canoe with Tufts FOCUS.
A class from Brandeis helps to rescue a pigeon found struggling in the water.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals gently relocates a tomato hornworm found on a bittersweet vine.
Volunteer with us in 2023!
Interested in joining us for a volunteer day next year?
Subscribe to our monthly eNewsletter to hear about upcoming opportunities!
Corporate group opportunities — contact Elo Deneus (elorpheton.deneus@mysticriver.org)
Non-corporate group opportunities — contact Daria Clark (daria.clark@mysticriver.org)
Thank you to our 2022 supporters and partners!
MIT Sloan School of Management
Mystic Merfolk
Paddle Boston
Pfizer
Point 32 Health
Putnam Investments
QurAlis Corp
ROI Solutions
Rome Therapeutics
Sartorius
Sea Machines Robotics
Shaw Contract
Smart Bear
Snyk
Somerville High School
Sunwealth Philantropy
Takeda
Teen JUST-US
The Castle Group
ThermoFisher
Tufts FOCUS
Tufts ECO Reps
Tufts Mountain Club
Tufts Energy & the Environment Club
Tufts Leadership for Social Change
Tufts Kappa Alpha Theta
Vertex Pharmaceutical
ZS Associates
Abt Associates
Acera School
Agero
Avison Young
BNY Mellon
Body & Brain Yoga
Boston Cares
Brandeis Local Waterways Course
Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Building Impact
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
City Sqaure Wealth Management- Ameriprise Financial Services
Clifton Larson Allen
Dyne Therapeutics
Encore Boston Harbor
Fidelity (Boston Impact)
Friends of the Boston Harborwalk
Friends of the Malden River
Grant Thorton
GreenRoots
Greentown Labs
Hatch
Healy School Becoming-A-Man Program
Latino Outdoors Boston
Mass DCR
Medford Center for Citizenship & Social Responsibility
