Upper Neponset to Receive a One Million Dollar Restoration
The Federal Department of the Interior and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection recently released their draft restoration plan for the upper Neponset River.
Photos: the Great Cedar Massacre
All the dead trees you could ever want
Lessons from a Tough Summer for the River
The drought of 2016 will go down as one for the record books in the Neponset Watershed, with the lowest average flows in 76 years of record keeping in July, August, and likely to set records this fall. The impacts on the river have been significant. As this photo of the Neponset in South Walpole […]
Outdoor Watering Restrictions: 2016
Most towns within the watershed have implemented outdoor water restrictions through the fall.
Traphole Brook Flowing More Freely
It took 19 very enthusiastic volunteers only two hours to clear a pair of boulder dams from Traphole Brook in Walpole last month. But the native brook trout for which Traphole is famous, were even faster, moving up through their newly restored habitat just 30 minutes after the dam had been cleared. Armed with heavy […]
Traphole Brook Flowing More Freely
It took 19 very enthusiastic volunteers only two hours to clear a pair of boulder dams from Traphole Brook in Walpole last month. But the native brook trout for which Traphole is famous, were even faster, moving up through their newly restored habitat just 30 minutes after the dam had been cleared.
Trout Water in East Walpole
A 40B project raises questions about water quality Last year a Framingham developer proposed to build a 174-unit apartment complex including affordable housing on a sloping four-acre meadow in a neighborhood of single-family homes on Moosehill Road in Walpole. The sandy meadow is dry on top but leaks badly at its lower edges, since it […]