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 ]
We will put-in at The Shawsheen Launch (2000 Whipple) after dropping kayaks at put-in, spotting cars at Knights of Columbus, and then carpooling back to put-in. We will paddle downstream from The Launch to the KOC bagging river trash and completing some snag and downed branch mitigation. Bring gloves, and [ Read More ]
Jae Gray, a longtime member of the Shawsheen River Watershed Association, has passed away. She was a member of our board since 1999, when the Shawsheen Watershed Environmental Action Team became incorporated into the not-for profit SRWA. Jae was a board member from the beginning, contributing ideas & insights, [ Read More ]
The Shawsheen River Watershed Association presents the popular “Eyes on Owls” program at the Billerica Public Library on Thursday, April 25, 2019, 6:30-7:45 pm! Join naturalist Marcia Wilson and photographer Mark Wilson in sharing their passion for owls. They are a charismatic team who teach, study, photograph and share their [ Read More ]
To see the complete article by Kori Tuitt in the Lowell Sun, go to “Whats New” and then “News” followed by “Read Full Post” Only when you are Reading the Full Post, click on here.
The next SRWA Board Meeting is Wednesday, 10/16/19 at 6:30 at the Tewksbury Senior Center. As always the public is welcome.
To see the river site and the acceptance of the signs by the Billerica Board of Selectmen Read the Full Post to follow directions to click . Many Thanks to Eagle Scout Matthew Dugan for create the kiosks, Sharon Lapham for design, and Laurie Hartwick for coordinating the project, and [ Read More ]