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Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
The Back River Watershed Association opposes construction of a Senior Center in Bare Cove Park. The proposed location is in the Back River ACEC, which is a protected area. There are better locations for the Senior Center without imposing on our Natural Heritage.
SNUP Dam Removal
Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
Recognizing the SNUP Dam was trapping herring on their way up Old Swamp River, the town of Weymouth along with support from the State removed the dam helping the herring get to spawning groups upstream.
Union Point Water and Sewer
Proposed Bare Cove Park Senior Center
Massachusetts River Herring Network
The development of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has proven difficult at best. The biggest concern for the BWRA is the permanent water source.
Massachusetts River Herring Network
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
Massachusetts River Herring Network
The Town of Weymouth hosted the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts River Herring Alliance at Tufts Library, with Phil Lofgren and George Loring giving people an "Orientation to Weymouth Waterways and Diadromous Fish Populations." Weymouth's Herring Run is key to the herring populations in the Northeast. As custodians of this precious natural heritage, the Back River Watershed Association has partnered with organizations to bring awareness, and worked with groups to champion efforts to protect the Back River Watershed and the Herring Run.
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
In 2007, soil and sediment samples were collected at the Durante site and determined to exceed applicable MCP and TSCA standards for PCBs, metals, PAHs, and EPH. Following the discovery of contamination on-site, the MBTA and the Town of Weymouth agreed that the Durante property would be transferred to the Town once remediation and restoration of the resource areas on-site was complete. The project proposes remediation activities, consisting of the removal of on-site invasive species; removal and off-site disposal of contaminated sediment; installation of an exposure barrier to contain any remaining contaminated sediments; and restoration of the site with native wetland/salt marsh plantings.
Out and About
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
Durante Site Remediation and Wetland Restoration
The Back River Watershed Association was out and about this year talking about the Back River using our book, "The Ecology of the Back River", published in collaboration with UMASS Dartmouth and the Town of Weymouth.
Archive - What we worked on
Abigail Adams State Park
Thank you to the volunteers who ensure the gardens are maintained. We currently are working on replacing a plaque that went missing. This bronze plaque contained quotes from Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams is the first First Lady who was concerned about equal rights and brought the issue forward.
No Lovell Field Pedestrian Bridge
With the Town of Weymouth and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognizing the importance of the natural heritage of the Back River watershed, we are confused by this unnecessary project that would have a long term impact on the herring run. The cost of the bridge is $400,000. The cost to the herring run is priceless..
Jackson Sq. Herring Run Flood Control Improvement Project
Jackson Sq. Herring Run Flood Control Improvement Project
Recognizing the flood control system at the bottom of the herring run in Jackson Square was trapping herring on their way up to Whitmans Pond, the town of Weymouth along with support from the State is committed to addressing this problem that impacts the long term productivity of the herring run.
Back River Trail
North Weymouth Compressor Station
Jackson Sq. Herring Run Flood Control Improvement Project
We are happy to be working with Andrew Hultin of Weymouth’s Park and Recreation Department, who is designing interpretive panels for the Back River Trail.
Union Point Water and Sewer
North Weymouth Compressor Station
North Weymouth Compressor Station
The development of the former South Weymouth Naval Airstation has proven difficult at best. The biggest concern for the BWRA is the permanent water source.
North Weymouth Compressor Station
North Weymouth Compressor Station
North Weymouth Compressor Station
The Compressor station in North Weymouth is a project that should not have happened. The site is at the mouth of the Fore River and Back River and the long term impacts to the Back River and its estuary is impossible to forecast.