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The Merrimack River Valley Voyagers: a 117-Mile River Tour of Cities

September 8, 2019 | Ian Burns
Tags: greenways & public spaces, public outreach, recreation & public access, restoration

Just as the river was the driver of Lawrence’s growth in the past, it remains that way today and will be in the future. Both the Spicket and Shawsheen Rivers meet the Merrimack in Lawrence, and both of these waterways were the basis for an expansion of greenways and networks of trails in the area—these trails connect people to jobs, schools, regional transportation, open spaces, and recreational opportunities.

Green Spaces, Restored Waters, and the People Who Use Them

June 24, 2017 | Maria Brodine
Tags: civic & community engagement, environmental justice & diversity, equitable development, partnerships, restoration, stormwater & green infrastructure, watershed planning

Gentrification. Those of us who work in water cities and towns inevitably encounter it. As a result, we must discuss what it means, analyze our own role in the process, and come up with solutions.

A Community-Driven Cleanup: Restoring the Duwamish River by Hannah Kett

November 17, 2016 | UWLN
Tags: civic & community engagement, environmental justice & diversity, partnerships, public outreach, restoration, water quality, watershed planning

DRCC/TAG takes the time and energy to build relationships, listen to the communities’ interests and needs, and collaborate with them to develop action plans that focus on empowering their voices and actions. This, in part, has enabled DRCC/TAG to leverage a $60,000 EPA Urban Waters Small Grant into close to $1.5 million invested in Duwamish Valley community priorities.

It really was a “Watershed Awakening!” by Gail Heffner

April 6, 2016 | UWLN
Tags: public outreach, restoration, stormwater & green infrastructure, water quality, youth

It really was a “Watershed Awakening”…the growing awareness and eventual decision made by Calvin College to turn its attention to Plaster Creek, the impaired creek that drains the watershed in which the college is situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back in 2002, Calvin College began involving students in service-learning activities that evolved into today’s Plaster Creek Stewards, a highly successful collaboration of college faculty and students, urban residents, local churches and schools, and community partners working to restore the health and beauty of our 58 square mile watershed.