Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Voices for the Watershed

Do you have a story to tell about a favorite place in the Taunton River Watershed?

Do you have photos that you've taken that illustrate the parklands, protected open space, farms, and woodlands of our watershed? Please call the Campaign at 1-866-393-TRWA or email us and share your stories and photos.

We are building content for the website and printed materials and hope to include photos of the major tributaries of the Taunton. There are 9!

Heading upstream from the mouth of the Taunton:

The Assonet
The Segregansett
The Three-Mile
The Mill
The Forge
The Nemasket
The Winnetuxet
The Matfield
The Town

The Taunton River is formed by the confluence of the Matfield and the Town Rivers.

We also have a "lost" or buried tributary in Fall River, originally named for the waterfalls at the Quequehan River, which now is underground. See the website of Green Futures for more info on this urban tributary, which is canoeable in its upper reaches.

Each of the major "tribs" has a number of smaller rivers and named streams which contribute.
The Mill River, for instance, which joins the main stem in Taunton, is made up of the Canoe River and waters in Winnecunnet Pond, Watson Pond and Lake Sabbatia. The Three-Mile River is made up of the Wading and the Rumford Rivers.