So how can nutrients in the river be bad?

The Mystic River has received an A- from the US EPA.

Mystic River Watershed Association, 14 Municipalities Move Forward on Climate Resiliency after securing $1.1m in regional funding.

You can view the presentation from DCR’s most recent public meeting and submit comments here - the deadline is June 21. 

This year we are excited to host two water quality and invasive species interns and two climate resiliency interns. Get to know them here.

Herring are making their way up the spillway, but DMF is working on improvements.

A Great Day to Run & Paddle for Herring! Photo Credit: David Mussina

Bringing More Than 600,000 Fish and Thousands of Birds to this Urban River. Photo: Joe Brown https://www.joebrownphotos.com/