EVENTS

CRWA 2010 Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER 15
Meeting with the MEPA Director, Alicia McDevitt
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., CRWA, 190 Park Road, Weston, MA.
CRWA and the Mass Rivers Alliance are co-hosting this informal training session for enviromental advocates on how to write effective comments on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions policy section of MEPA filings.
Please RSVP to Eivy Monroy at (781) 788-0007 ext. 228.

SEPTEMBER 21
The Flood Last Time: In Over our Heads? 7pm at Newton Free Library. Bob Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association, Tom Daley, Newton’s Commissioner of Public Works and Fred Abernathy Gordon McKay Professor of Engineering at Harvard who has studied Newton’s wastewater collection system, will address the issue of stormwater management in Newton and beyond. Click here for more information.

SEPTEMBER 22
Film Screening The Olmsted Legacy: America's Urban Parks
7:00 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
The Olmstead Legacy: America's Urban Parks is a one-hour documentary exploring the formation of America's great city parks, including Boston's own Emerald Necklace, through the eyes of 19th Century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Narrated by Kerry Washington, the film features Kevin Kline as the voice of Olmsted. This screening is being co-hosted by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and the Museum of Fine Arts.

SEPTEMBER 25
Rappin' with Raptors Festival
Celebrate the 8th Anniversary of the Boston Nature Center's George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center. Hike, enjoy live entertainment, see and learn about live raptors, and visit the exhibits and displays in Boston's greenest municipal building. Contact Boston Nature Center for more information 617-983-8500.

SEPTEMBER 26
World Rivers Day. Click here for more information.

Looking for information on an annual Charles River Watershed Association event?

Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup, held each April

Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak race, usually held on the last Sunday of April

Annual Meeting, held each spring.

For more information on any of the above events, or to add an event, please contact Julie Wood. Click here for contact information.