Mystic earth month
Get ready for Earth Month on the Mystic! Check out all the fun ways you can celebrate and #InvestInOurPlanet with us and partners throughout the watershed this month:
earth day Volunteer events
Check out some of the many volunteer events happening around the Mystic River watershed in honor of Earth Day! Join an event near you:
Arlington:
April 22 | 9:15AM | Earth Day Saturday Alewife Path Clean-up & CSO Tour | Save the Alewife Brook | Details
Charlestown:
April 20 | 3PM | Charlestown Peace Park Earth Day Cleanup | Charlestown Coalition, Turn It Around, Kennedy Center | Details
Chelsea:
April 18-22 | 9AM-12PM | Tree Planting Series | GreenRoots | Details
April 22 | 9AM-1PM | Chelsea Citywide Cleanup | GreenRoots | Details
East Boston:
April 22 | 9AM-1PM | East Boston Cleanup starting at Condor Street Urban Wild | GreenRoots | Details
April 22 | 9AM-12PM | Belle Isle Marsh Cleanup | Friends of Belle Isle Marsh | Details
Everett:
April 22 | 8AM-12PM | Earth Day Cleanup at Rivergreen Park | City of Everett and Mystic River Watershed Association | Details
Malden:
April 22 | 9AM-12PM | Earth Day Cleanup | National Grid, Bike to the Sea, and Friends of the Malden River will meet and clean the Northern Strand Trail and Malden River Banks at Canal/Medford Street intersection.
Medford:
April 15 | 10AM-1PM | The Mayor's Citywide Cleanup | Mayor Lungo-Koehn | Details
April 22 | 10AM-12PM | DCR Park Serve Day at Torbert Macdonald Park | DCR & Mystic River Watershed Association | Details
April 22 | 10AM-12PM | DCR Park Serve Day at the Middlesex Fells Flynn Rink | DCR & Friends of the Fells | Details
Somerville:
April 22 | 10AM-2PM | Earth Day Workday & Celebration | Groundwork's Somerville | Details
Stoneham:
April 22 | 9AM-2PM | DCR Park Serve Day at Middlesex Fells Sheepfold Upper Parking Lot | DCR & New England Mountain Bike Association | Details
April 22 | 10AM-12PM | DCR Park Serve Day at the Middlesex Fells Botume House Visitor Center | Details
April 22 | 10AM-12PM | DCR Park Serve Day at the Middlesex Fells Straw Point | DCR & Friends of the Fells | Details
Not in the watershed? Check out the other places around MA that are hosting Park Serve Day cleanups with DCR here.
Art sharing opportunity
Throughout the month, we're inviting you to celebrate the many wonders found in our watershed that spark your imagination and inspire you to create art! Share your art through the form below from now until Earth Day (April 22nd). Entries will be shared on our Instagram stories and each submission will be entered in a raffle. Three winners will each receive a MyRWA mug and a $25 Amazon gift card!
Words and music
Join MyRWA staff, Medford Poet Laureate Terry E. Carter, and special musical guest Donna McElroy for a night of community, poetry, and music at the West Medford Community Center (Friday, April 21st from 7pm to 9pm).
BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE
We have a historic opportunity to advocate for better climate and ecological resilience across MA. Your voice now can make a huge difference for present and future generations! Learn more here:
NOMINATE A PARK for cleanup
We all see places that can use some TLC. Nominate a park or path for a trash cleanup to help inform our cleanup locations this spring and summer!
donate to the mystic river watershed association
Every gift given during April will be matched 1:1 up to $10,000 thanks to the Devonshire Foundation! Your donation helps continue our work to:
protect water quality
restore important habitat
build climate resilience
transform parks and paths
inspire youth and community members
