The Neponset River Watershed
Association works to improve public access to the natural
gems of the watershed and especially to the Neponset River,
itself.
For
example, NepRWA, other local organizations and residents
have been working to create a public multi-use trail along
the Quincy shore of the Neponset River, similar to the trail
already built along the Neponset in Dorchester and Milton.
Already, segments of the Quincy greenway have been built -
for instance, along the waterfront in front of the Boston
Science building on Commander Shea Blvd. and spanning DCR
Squantum Point Park. Trail advocates continue to work with
waterfront landowners to create and join new segments of the
path. Learn more about this effort to create a public use
trail by contacting NepRWA Advocacy Director Steve Pearlman
at 781-575-0354 x304 or pearlman@neponset.org.
NepRWA
also is working to get the Baker Dam at Lower Mills and the
Tileston & Hollingsworth (T&H) Dam, just upstream
between Milton and Hyde Park, modified in order to restore
water flow, fish passage and public access along the river.
Though canoers and kayakers used to be able to paddle along
the Neponset River and portage (e.g., pick up and carry)
their boats around the T&H, currently, there is no way
for them to get past the T&H Dam. On the other hand,
portaging one's small boat around the Baker Dam is
possible. If the T&H Dam and Baker Dam were removed, the
public would be able to paddle their small boats up and down
the river - from freshwater to the brackish water of the
Neponset Estuary, and back - for miles. Learn more about the
river restoration
effort.
NepRWA
also has advocated for the acquisition, protection and/or
implementation of public access to Forbes
Woods in Milton, Fowl Meadow,
Neponset River at Neponset St. in Canton, Signal
Hill in Canton, Neponset River Greenway in Milton and
Dorchester, and other sites. Learn more about these efforts
by contacting NepRWA Executive Director Ian Cooke at
781-575-0354 x305 or cooke@neponset.org.
Dec.
2009
