RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Thank you to all who made the 2018 River Herring Network annual meeting a success! Sixty nine people attended representing 15 towns, 8 watershed & environmental organizations, 6 state agencies, 3 federal agencies, 1 County agency, 2 Sea Grant programs, & 3 academic institutions. We also had an AmeriCorps Cape Cod volunteer join us. ThankRead more

Lowell Sun Lowell earns Urban Wildlife Refuge honor, fundingBy Rick Sobey, rsobey@lowellsun.comUPDATED: 11/10/2018 11:04:43 PM EST LOWELL — Jane Calvin looked at the federal grant as that unattainable, dream job posting. She would apply for it, but never truly believe she would get it. “When I wrote this grant, I never imagined this would happen,”Read more

Study: No hurdles to Ipswich dam removalIpswich Chronicle By Sally Kuhn / Ipswich@wickedlocal.comPosted Nov 7, 2018 at 5:47 PMUpdated Nov 7, 2018 at 5:49 PM The downtown dam may go. A feasibility study on the removal of the Ipswich Mills Dam concludes that there are no technological or regulatory hurdles to taking down the dam.Read more

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AGENDAPDF version can be downloaded here: 2018 RHN Annual Meeting Final AgendaPlease RSVP to aarcher@barnstablecounty.org Massachusetts River Herring NetworkEighth Annual MeetingThursday October 18, 2018 9:30AM-4:00PMWaquoit Congregational Church Parish Hall15 Parsons Ln, East Falmouth, MA 9:30AM Welcome & Introductions 9:45AM Orientation to Falmouth Herring RunsChristina Lovely, Falmouth Natural Resources Department 10:00AM Coonamessett River Restoration Project in FalmouthWendiRead more

Mashpee River Records Highest Yearly Herring CountBy SAM HOUGHTONThe Mashpee EnterpriseSep 27, 2018 The Mashpee Conservation Department reported the highest number of herring counted in the Mashpee River since beginning the count in 2011. This year’s count resulted in a run of 372,000 herring in the river, up about 270,000 from last year. The second-highestRead more

2018 River Herring Network Annual Meeting The 2018 annual meeting will take place on Thursday October 18th in Falmouth at the Waquoit Congregational Church Parish Hall on Route 28. Speakers will include Brad Chase from MA Division of Marine Fisheries, Lian Guo from Umass Amherst presenting on her research into temperature effects on juvenile riverRead more

The Bourne Enterprise Repairs Underway At Canal Herring RunBy MICHAEL J. RAUSCH Sep 2, 2018 People walking along the Cape Cod Canal by the Herring Run Rest Area may have noticed a fenced-off area with heavy construction equipment parked nearby. The Army Corps of Engineers said that repairs are underway to the concrete at aRead more

Marshfield, Duxbury receive grants to remove two South River dams Wicked Local Marshfield By Kate WalshPosted Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AMUpdated Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AM Marshfield and Duxbury have received a grant totalling $12,000 for river and wetland restoration projects. The two towns plan to use the grant money to remove twoRead more

Herring River Project Receives $700,000 in State Funding July 11, 2018 WELLFLEET – The Baker Administration has announced funding for a number of river and wetland projects on the Cape, the Islands, and the South Shore. Nearly all of the money went to the Friends of Herring River, the group spearheading the Herring River EstuaryRead more