Old Essex Road Improvements & Castle Neck River Restoration
In August of 2023, the Town of Ipswich was awarded an MVP Action Grant in conjunction with their project partners…
Streamflow Monitoring in the Parker and Ipswich Watersheds
The Ipswich River Watershed Association and the Parker River Clean Water Association are working together to monitor streamflow at multiple…
Willowdale Dam Fish Passage
The existing 1930’s era fish ladder at the Willowdale Dam on the Ipswich River is not very good at its…
Addressing Impaired Salt Marsh Hydrology
Conservation organizations in the Great Marsh have been noticing concerning trends in the region's salt marshes. A variety of experts…
Ipswich River Resiliency and Coastal Bank Stabilization Project
Ipswich River Resiliency Project team members examine several areas of coastal bank erosion…
Lower Ipswich Bacteria Source Tracking
Ryan O’Donnell places an optical brightener sampler in Saltonstall Brook, part of an effort to identify a source of bacterial…
Merrimack Valley Stormwater Collaborative
Active (2015 - )
Invasive Pepperweed Removal
The pepperweed control project is designed to increase the health of salt marshes in the Great Marsh Region by reducing…
Invasive Green Crab Removal
The invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenes) has been a destructive force in the northern Gulf of Maine for several…
Eelgrass Restoration in Plum Island Sound and Essex Bay
The Eelgrass Restoration and Green Crab Monitoring Program is a component of the overall Great Marsh Resiliency Project and is funded…
Invasive Phragmites Eradication – Stage Pool, Plum Island
Ongoing since 2008, the Parker River National wildlife Refuge has been eradicating phragmites form an 80 acre artificial freshwater wetland…