It finally felt like spring as Bob, Laurie, Kevin, and Alice paddled on the Shawsheen while Sharon led the portage. We enjoyed seeing a young Eagle, Blue Heron, Geese and many Turtles.
Archive for May, 2019
A small but extremely hardy crew, Maria, Laurie, and Kyle braved the elements to for a clean-up of the Shawsheen River beginning a Whipple Road in Tewksbury and heading towards Andover on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
The “Eyes on Owls” program held at the Billerica Public Library on Thursday, April 25, 2019 was highly educational and entertaining.Naturalist Marcia Wilson and photographer Mark Wilson in sharing their passion for owls as well as the owls themselves with an audience of close to 50 people.
Following a short SRWA annual meeting, Alice and Bob Friedenson will share their insights and experiences of 20 years travelling in Costa Rica. Bob is a professional photographer who has taken thousands of images in Costa Rica. Alice is a clay sculpturist who created a clay program for children [ Read More ]
Bring your own canoe or kayak, paddles, life jackets, water: Put-in at 30 Bridge Street, Tewksbury (intersection of Bridge and Shawsheen) at 10:00 AM; work downstream to create navigable space at downed trees and snags. Where appropriate clothing! Helpful items to bring: gloves, hand saws, loppers. Contact: Maria Fleming mariafleming05@comcast.net; [ Read More ]
At the end of Grace Drive in Wilmington, you will see signage for town land. The kayak put-in is several feet into the woods. We will paddle upstream to what remains of the Middlesex Canal aqueducts to create navigable space in areas with downed trees. Wear appropriate clothing. Helpful items: [ Read More ]
Bring your own canoe or kayak, paddles, life jackets, water: We will meet at 9:30 at Shawsheen Pines Reservation. This Reservation is located on Lowell Junction Road, Andover across from Pfizer. For GPS, use Pfizer’s address: 1 Burtt Road. We will paddle from Shawsheen Pines to Ballardvale. All are [ Read More ]