Join us Saturday, July 13th to help us clear the Charles of invasive Water Chestnuts and restore our River!

The fast-growing, aquatic invasives spread rapidly across the river, reducing biodiversity, harming water quality, and impeding recreation. But with your help, we can remove water chestnuts & restore the river ecosystem.

Do you walk, bike, or paddle along the Charles? Cyanobacteria blooms can develop quickly, and we need volunteers like you to be the eyes and ears of our river.

Join CRWA for our Benthic Macroinvertebrate training! Volunteers wil learn how to perform a habitat assessment, properly sample for macroinvertebrates, and how to ID them. A boxed lunch will be provided to all who register!

Join Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) and Indigenous Peoples Day Newton for a relaxing midday paddle on one of the most beautiful stretches of the Charles River.

This workshop is intended for municipal staff and their Engineering Consultants. In this workshop, CRWA staff and the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center will highlight emerging trends and key findings from a review of 26 municipal phosphorus control plans. The workshop will include facilitated small group discussion around key strategies such as retrofits to ROW, stormwater regulations for redevelopment, and rural strategies for impervious disconnection.

For the past 4 years, 20 communities that are part of the Charles River Climate Compact (CRCC) teamed up with CRWA and Weston & Sampson to develop the Charles River Flood Model.

Join us Wednesday, June 12, at 6 PM to hear about flood mitigation solutions and their potential impact on future flooding. This event will be presented in English, but multilingual information about the project will be provided soon.

Join us for the 2024 Watertown Dam Herring Festival! Come and celebrate the annual migration of Alewife, Blueback Herring, and American Shad from the ocean into the Charles River! This migration celebration will feature a community art build, live entertainment, and fun activities for all ages!

Join us on Saturday, June 1st to remove dangerous invasive Bittersweet vines!

These fast-growing, tenacious vines threaten native species & mature trees. But with your help, we can remove them & restore the river ecosystem.

We want to hear from you! The Charles River Watershed Association and the City Of Newton will present updates on stormwater mitigation projects along the Cheesecake Brook and a progress report on restoration planning.

Join us to discuss the next projects that can help to protect and restore the Cheesecake Brook!

The Charles River Flood Model confirms that flooding will be considerably worse by 2070. Today, a so-called "10-year storm", which has a 10% chance of occurring in any given year, causes about 7,660 acres of flooding under current conditions. But, by 2070, due to climate change, the same storm event will flood 10,670 acres, an increase of over 3,000 acres that currently do not flood.

Needham, Dedham, and Boston residents, please join us to provide input on opportunities to use nature-based solutions in your community to reduce flooding and protect critical infrastructure.

Spanish translation will be provided for specific breakout groups.

The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) Green Committee and Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) meeting on April 29th, 2024 discusses the primary obstacles to a clean, healthy Charles River; combined sewer overflows (CSOs), stormwater runoff, and climate change; and how we can help.

CRWA presents the 40th Run of the Charles, Boston’s premier paddling race!

Join Charles River Watershed Association and City of Boston for a community walk to discuss the status of the proposed Coolidge Road Green Infrastructure Improvements project.

JOIN US FOR THE 24TH ANNUAL CHARLES RIVER EARTH DAY CLEANUP

Our cleanup brings together over 3,000 volunteers each year to pick up litter, remove invasive species and assist with park maintenance along all 80 miles of the Charles River.

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Please join us to learn about the major sources of pollution to the Muddy River, how the watershed may experience climate change, and what plans are already in the works. Join to give your feedback on what the future of the Muddy River watershed looks like!

Join the Charles River Watershed Association to discuss the current status of the combined sewer overflow (CSO) in Massachusetts and opportunities for progress.

Want to participate in the 2024 herring count? Join this training session to learn about the Charles River herring and how to be a fish monitoring volunteer!

Every spring, Charles River Watershed Association looks forward to connecting with you and other river lovers at our Annual Meeting to celebrate our impact, together, for a clean, resilient Charles River.

Please join us in person on Wednesday, March 27th at 6PM for an evening full of inspiration!

Learn how development projects in Allston are impacting the neighborhood’s resilience to climate change and connection to the Charles River.

Join CRWA and EPA Region 1 over zoom to hear the latest updates on new stormwater permitting requirements for large parcels.

Join the Charles River Watershed Association and the City of Newton for an initial public meeting on a grant from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management looking at keeping pollution out of Cheesecake Brook, evaluate fish and wildlife passage and helping green the Albemarle corridor.

Help us keep the Charles River invasive-free! Join us on February 8th.

Join us to learn about how Charles River Watershed Association and watershed communities are creatively preparing for the impacts of climate change!

This is a great opportunity to show that reducing and eliminating CSOs is important to you––attend the meeting, share your thoughts, and join our call for green infrastructure solutions.

Join us to kick off a community-led visioning process for a cleaner, more resilient Muddy River. Over the next year, we will be working together to identify the best solutions to improve water quality, habitat, and health of our beloved Muddy.

What does it take to remove a defunct dam? Join us for Dam Busters 101 to find out

Join us for an enlightening fireside chat at Cambridge Innovation Center––we will discuss the origins of the Rights of Nature movement, legal questions surrounding these ideas, where technology might fit into supporting the river’s rights, and how this can all come together to better protect the Charles River.

Join Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, Save the Alewife Brook, Charles River Watershed Association, and Mystic River Watershed Association for a briefing about combined sewer overflows (CSOs).

Join Crane Ledge Woods Coalition for an exciting discussion about these solutions featuring CRWA’s Senior Climate Resilience Associate Dira Johanif.