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Maquan Pond in Hanson
River Cleanup Crew
American Shad, a fish that WAA is working to restore to many Southeastern MA rivers
Kayak on the Eel River
Quincy Riverwalk
Paddling on the Neponset River

Where: Plymouth

Flows into Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Bay

Lawrence Delafield, President
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Website: www.sixponds.org

The Six Ponds Improvement Association has worked since its inception in 1952 to advance and preserve the quality of life in the Six Ponds area of Plymouth.  It began monitoring water quality in 2000.

The six ponds are Bloody, Gallows, Halfway, Little Long, Long, and Round Ponds. In close proximity to one other, the ponds are physiographically different:  Halfway Pond gives rise to the Agawam River, which flows into Buzzards Bay, with Long Pond and Little Long Pond also in the watershed. Bloody Pond is in the Herring Ponds watershed, flowing into the Cape Cod Canal and thence to both Cape Cod and Buzzards Bays. Round and Gallows Ponds are true coastal plain ponds with no surface inlets or outlets.

The Six Ponds area includes many acres of protected open space and is home to the Wildlands Trust, Southeastern Massachusetts’ premier nonprofit land protection organization.  The Association strives to preserve the fragile pine barrens environment, protect the water quality of the ponds, and maintain the rural quality of the neighborhoods.

 

 

EEL RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

Flows Into: Cape Cod Bay

Community: Plymouth

Mettie Whipple, President
Phone: 508-747-0493
Mail: PO Box 1036, Plymouth, MA 02360
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Website: www.eelriverwatershed.org

The Eel River Watershed Association is a non-profit organization, incorporated in 1997 dedicated to protecting the Eel River and its wildlife.

 

Where: Narragansett Bay

Communities: Abington, Attleboro, Avon, Berkeley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, Easton, East Bridgewater, Fall River, Foxborough, Freetown, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleborough, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Plympton, Raynham, Rehoboth , Somerset, Stoughton, Swansea, West Bridgewater, Whitman
* Note: these are just the SE MA communities. There are dozens more in RI and also in the Blackstone Valley.

Office: 401-272-3540
Mail: 100 Save The Bay Dr., Providence, RI 02905
Topher Hamblett, Director of Advocacy & Policy; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kate McPherson, BayKeeper; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.savebay.org

The mission of Save The Bay is to ensure that the environmental quality of Narragansett Bay and its watershed is restored and protected from the harmful effects of human activity. Save The Bay seeks carefully planned use of the Bay and its watershed to allow the natural system to function normally and healthfully, both now and for the future.

In defense of Narragansett Bay and its watershed, Save The Bay’s actions include:

  • Watching over the activities and programs of government and the citizenry that degrade the environmental quality of the Bay, basin, and watershed.
  • Leading the community by initiating programs and activities that increase the environmental awareness and knowledge of the public.
  • Initiating action that will directly clean up the Bay.

Where: Cape Cod Bay

Communities: Kingston, Brockton (water supply comes from Jones River Watershed), Duxbury, Pembroke, Plympton

Pine duBois, Executive Director
Office: 781-585-2322 / Cell:781-424-0353
Mail: PO Box 73, Kingston, MA 02364
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Website: www.jonesriver.org

The Jones River Watershed Association is a non-profit, member-based organization established in 1985 in response
to the terrible impacts of water diversions out of the basin. Since that time, JRWA has maintained an increasingly consistent level of effort to educate others and ourselves about this small coastal ecosystem and its relationship to the globally significant Gulf of Maine.

Our mission is to protect, enhance and restore the quality of the natural resources in Southeastern Massachusetts, in particular the Jones River and Cape Cod Bay, for present and future generations, while cultivating effective stewardship of our regional environment through science, advocacy, and education.

 

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Our Mission

Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts (WAA) works to protect and improve the health of the waterways and watersheds of the region for people, wildlife and the environment.

We do this by:

  • Sharing resources and ideas with member organizations;
  • Raising public awareness of watershed issues; and,
  • Building effective relationships with our state and local decision-makers.

WAA is made up of eleven organizations from across Southeastern Massachusetts.

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Watershed Action Alliance Organizations

Map of WAA member organizations