The Good News!

On Wednesday, July 16th, the US House of Representatives voted to support the designation of the Taunton River as part of our nation's Wild and Scenic Rivers System!

Many, many thanks to Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Jim McGovern for their passionate leadership on behalf of the river and residents of our watershed!

For more information, visit our Wild & Scenic web page and sign up for our email alerts on this and other topics!

On to the Senate!

Brockton accused of killing Kingston’s water wildlife

Environmental groups claim that Brockton is taking too much water from Silver Lake.

Check out The Enterprise news story on the action planned by consortium of river protection and environmental organizations.

Note the archive of past news stories which is displayed from Enterprise archives on this topic!

For the rest of the story, contact TRWA, Mass Audubon, or the Jones River Watershed Association - see links to the right.

The Three Mile River Is Worth Protecting!

The Commonwealth agrees!

Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles has designated the Three Mile as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern!

If you have wondered WHY local citizens

are seeking designation of this relatively short river

as a state Area of Critical Environmental Concern,

check out these scenes taken last week at the Boyden Refuge in Taunton.

For more photos of the Boyden in summer, visit my page at Flickr