Wilmington to Andover 10/12/19 by Brian

  Tewksbury Town Cleanup – An uplands/river clean-up is on! Meet at 10:00 behind the Knights of Columbus. We will clean the banks and if you’d rather paddle and clean the Shawsheen in the area – feel free!   Message Laurie with any questions.  hartwicklaurie@yahoo.com

9/26/2020, The Shawsheen River: DUMP or TREASURE ?

Posted on September - 29 - 2020
9/29/20 from Shawsheen Pines Andover

         And on the same day on the same Shawsheen River,  paddling from Shawsheen Pines, Andover.     Photos from Laurie, Marlies, Mike D, Alice      

Shawsheen River Clean-up: 9.26.2020, 9:30-12:00

Posted on September - 17 - 2020
Sacred Heart Reservation (Balmoral Park) 8/30/20

9.26.2020, 9:30-12:00 – Save the Date! Meet at 9:30 at the put in site (park in the soccer field lot and walk across the field to the trail sign). Plan to get wet, bring water! Bring gloves, grabbers, grappling hooks or any tools you might have. No tools? It’s okay  [ Read More ]

The Merrimack River at Risk

Posted on September - 13 - 2020

To watch a short video click here.

Fall paddle

  Celebrate a season’s worth of work-parties with a lengthy leaf peeper paddle! About this Event Save the date: Adhering to covid-19 state of emergency restrictions, the SRWA paddles the Shawsheen River monthly. Each time a different section. The seventh and last run for 2020: “The Grand Shawsheen”. Putin at  [ Read More ]

Shawsheen-Merrimack 9/20

From the Shawsheen River to the Merrimack River with Pizza from Sal’s in Lawrence To learn more about sewerage overflow in the Merrimack River click here. For Video 1 click here For Video 2 click here For Video 3 click here For Video 4 click here    

Water Gauge

Posted on September - 1 - 2020

To see the water gauge click here.

Sacred Heart Reservation (Balmoral Park) 8/30/20

A home safe, a toilet plunger, lots of shoes, bottles, a little ceramic dish, plastic bags, tires, bike tires, a deflated raft, a tarp, corroded iron pipes, a coconut, … just some of the memorable artifacts discovered beneath the river. To see us on the front page of the Eagle-Tribune  [ Read More ]

Art Inspired by River Flora: Peggy Rambach

Posted on August - 24 - 2020
Peggy's Mushrooms

Peggy Rambach: Known as a writer and teacher of writing for the majority of her career, Peggy Rambach, M.A. M.F.A. began to draw in 2016 when she urged her students to illustrate their writing. Then she expanded from pencil to pastel, and more recently to colored pencil and gouache/watercolor. She  [ Read More ]

Water Inspired Poetry: Nancy Bailey Miller

Posted on August - 17 - 2020
Nancy Bailey Miller

  Nancy on deck!   Nancy Bailey Miller:   Nancy Bailey Miller’s poetry has appeared in national publications including Blue Unicorn, Quill & Parchment, Merrimack, A Poetry Anthology, The Crafty Poet  and Our Mothers, Our Selves.  She has published six books of poetry: Dance Me Along the Path, Before the  [ Read More ]