Massachusetts Rivers Alliance is pleased to announce that David McGlinchey will serve as the new Executive Director beginning January 5. Dave brings exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, deep experience in climate science, and a passion for river protection that will guide Mass Rivers into its next chapter of impact and growth. For more information visit https://www.massriversalliance.org/
Please join The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance on Wednesday, December 5th, 6-9 pm at the Beech Street Center, 266 Beech Street in Belmont for a wonderful evening of great company, good food and lots of talk about water. It is Mass Rivers’ annual tradition to bring together our friends and colleagues for a warm and lively evening of celebrating our rivers and the year’s achievements.
Guest speaker: Nationally known author and photographer, Tim Palmer. Did you know we have three Wild and Scenic Rivers here in Massachusetts, and a fourth under study? Tim is a national expert on Wild and Scenic Rivers, and will entertain you with his breathtaking photos and fascinating stories about Wild and Scenic rivers across the country. Please join us in celebrating this path-breaking approach to conservation on the 50th anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 2018.
We are delighted to honor these Massachusetts River Champions :
River Hero: Rep. Smitty Pignatelli and Sen. Anne Gobi, Chairs of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Environmental, Natural Resources and Agriculture
River Advocate: Access to Justice Fellow Irene Freidel and Earthrise Law Center Attorney Kevin Cassidy
River Friend: Elizabeth Ainsley Campbell, Executive Director of the Nashua River Watershed Association
Register ($25 – $60, depending on category) at www.massriversalliance.org/2018annualmeeting/
The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum, hosted by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. in honor of World Water Day, will rethink water management as the Commonwealth prepares for a changing climate.
The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) will present a game-changing plan to transform the way we manage water in our urban and suburban spaces. The forum will encourage all participants to pose questions, add their insights, and think about new designs, systems and resource uses.
Participants may join us for one or more segment of this program on Tuesday, March 22 at the BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston. The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum is brought to you thanks to our partners:
The Office of Representative Chris Walsh
Boston Society of Architects
Charles River Watershed Association
City of Boston
MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC)
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Green Schools
We have the privilege of welcoming the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton, and
GUEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER from Washington,DC Wenonah Hauter (pictured below), Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, author of Frackopoly. For more information visit http://foundationforagreenfuture.org/blue/4th_annual_mass_water_forum.
Julie Blatt, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, will speak at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium, Homer Street in Newton, on Monday, February 24 beginning at 7 pm as part of Newton’s Greening Our Community Series. The event is co-sponsored by Green Decade/Newton and the Newton Free Library.
Though Massachusetts receives 44†of precipitation a year, about a fifth of the state’s streams suffer from unnaturally low flows during dry summers, a condition that could worsen with climate change. To curb the overuse of water and leave enough in streams to keep them healthy, the Patrick Administration introduced the Sustainable Water Management Initiative in 2010 to reform the allocation of water. Since, 2009, Julia Blatt has served as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, a statewide group that works to improve river protection across the Commonwealth. She will speak about the changes afoot in the way the state doles out the right to use water, and the challenges in getting to “yes†on this contentious issue.
