CRWA ATTENDS RIVER RALLY

CRWA Executive Director Bob Zimmerman and Senior Scientist Julie Wood (son Connor pictured above) recently returned from River Rally, the largest gathering ever of non-governmental watershed leaders! Bob gave a stirring and inspiring presentation on restoring urban rivers. Let’s keep our rivers clean for future generations!

HERRING RUN BEGINS

We hear herring are running in the Charles! Send us your photos, videos or stories of herring running in the Charles.

SUCCESSFUL CHARLES RIVER CLEANUP

On Saturday April 21st, 2012, approximately 4,000 volunteers and community leaders joined forces to clean the banks of the 80-mile Charles River. Volunteers worked together to remove litter and beautify the Charles River and its surrounding parklands in one of the nation’s largest one-day river cleanup events! Volunteers removed an estimated 15-20 tons of trash from sites throughout the watershed from Milford to Boston. Read more.

RUN OF THE CHARLES CANOE AND KAYAK RACE

The Run of the Charles this Sunday was fun for all. A warm thank you to all the volunteers and congratulations to all our participants. View the results and photos from the race.

By Conservation Law Foundation. More photos from CLF.

CHARLES RIVER GETS A 'B' FROM EPA

The EPA’s 2011 Charles River report card, announced at the Charles River Cleanup on Sunday, April 22nd, gave the Charles River a B grade, down slightly from the past several years when the Charles got a B+. The lower grade was due to heavy rain storms in 2011, which flush pollution off streets, parking lots, and even lawns into the river. Read more.

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