The River Current

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2008 River Current Newsletters

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Issue 80: November 7, 2008

• Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on November 19
• Launch of new phosphorus website

Issue 79: October 30, 2008

• Action Alert! Riverways funding
• Join CRWA friends in South Natick on Sunday
• Bottled water hearing
• Green Streets and Public Health event

Issue 78: October 16, 2008

• Governor's budget cuts impact the environment
• Question 1: Vote No
• Streamer newsletter online
  

Issue 77: October 8, 2008

• CRWA’s Annual Meeting on November 19
• Brown bag on The 200 Household Initiative to slash household pollution
• CRWA is on Facebook!
• Other environmental events

• Brown bag on environmental legislation
• Make Way for Duck Boats event
• Volunteer to plant trees
• GreenBuild 2008 Conference

Issue 75: August 15, 2008

• Environmental Bond Bill signed by Governor
• Make Way for Duck Boats event
• GreenBuild 2008 Conference

Issue 74: August 4, 2008

• Environmental successes this legislative session
• Action Alert: Call the Governor today

Issue 73: July 23, 2008

• Special Action Alert on Environmental Bond Bill

Issue 72: July 18, 2008

• Action Alert: DCR stormwater funding
• Shad release tomorrow
• Blue-green algae bloom in Muddy River
• Win Jack Johnson tickets from CRWA
• Last chance - Vote for CRWA to win $4000

Issue 71: July 8, 2008

• Volunteer to remove invasive plants
• State budget success story
• Presentation on Everett Street Greening demonstration project
• Green Masterpieces concert
• Help CRWA win $4000

Issue 70: June 19, 2008

• Donate to CRWA and win Jack Johnson tickets
• Help CRWA win $4000 from Patagonia
• Saunders party in Dedham on June 25
• Green Masterpieces concert on July 16

Issue 69: June 13, 2008

• Charles River featured on Radio Boston on WBUR!
• Charles River water quality walk and talk on June 21

• Mass Highway decision
• Action alert: Conservation Tax Incentives
• Brown bag on dam removal
•  “Voice Your Choice” campaign

Issue 67: May 22, 2008

• Action Alert: Public Lands Preservation Act
• Action Alert: DCR stormwater program budget
• Charles River swim
• Herring run

Issue 66: May 9, 2008

• Charles River receives B++
• Picnic along the Charles in Dover
• Brown bag on oyster re-introduction
• Watertown Dam kiosk dedication ceremony

Issue 65: April 23, 2008

• Action alert on MA state budget
• River activities this weekend

Issue 64: April 15, 2008

• Website Launch
  

Issue 63: March 26, 2008

• Dual Action Alert!
• Environmental Bond Bill
• Volunteers needed

Issue 62: February 21, 2008

• Spring calendar of events
  
  

The River Current Archives

2007 River Current Archives (Issues 41-61)

2006 River Current Archives (Issues 21-40)

2005 River Current Archives (Issues 14-20)

2004 River Current Archives (Issues 7-13)

2003 River Current Archives (Issues 1-6)