Climate Emergency: What’s at stake, and what we can do about it. With Dr. Heather Goldstone. Date: January 13 Location: Online or in person at the River Center, 493 Old County Road, Westport Time: 5 p.m. Price: Free Description: Dr. Goldstone will…
Climate Emergency: What’s at stake, and what we can do about it. With Dr. Heather Goldstone. Date: January 13 Location: Online or in person at the River Center, 493 Old County Road, Westport Time: 5 p.m. Price: Free Description: Dr. Goldstone will…
Sustainability with Jamie Jacquart Date: February 10 Location: Online or in person at the River Center, 493 Old County Road, Westport Time: 5 p.m. Price: Free Description: Jamie Jacquart is the Assistant Director of Campus Sustainability at UMASS Dartmouth. Encompassing the…
Date: March 3 Location: Online and in person at the River Center Time: 5 p.m. Price: Free Description: Renee Montanaro is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and her dissertation combines fieldwork, research, and community engagement to evaluate ecological factors that promote…
Using ecological data to restore native pollination systems (and why it matters), with Dr. Robert Gegear Date: March 30 Location: Online and in person at the River Center, 493 Old County Road, Westport Time: 5 p.m. Price: Free Description: Dr. Robert J. Gegear…
Dates: January 8, February 5, March 5, and April 2nd Location: Horseneck Beach State Reservation, 5 John Reed Rd Time: 10 – 12pm Price: free to register Description: Come join us to clean up our local ecosystems at our monthly…
WRWA’s River Center Commemorative Booklet. This booklet is a chronicle of the construction and renovation project, transforming the old Head Garage to the new River Center, with a brief history of the building dating back to the early 18th century.
Become one of our WRWA summer interns! The Westport River Watershed Alliance is seeking two qualified candidates to fill a seasonal, summer internship position. Preference given to current UMass Dartmouth or BCC students for this grant funded internship sponsored by Baycoast…
To celebrate Rivers Month and the summer solstice in June the Westport River Watershed Alliance is hosting their annual River Day festival on Saturday June 22 and new this year a bike ride on Saturday June 8. WRWA is looking…
On Friday, December 28, 2012, the Westport River Watershed Alliance (WRWA) requested that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issue a Superseding Order of Resource Area Delineation based on the wetland boundaries accepted by the Westport Conservation Commissions in…
November 5, 2012 Five local schools fromFall River,Westport, and Dartmouth have participated in a field study exploring the dunes at Cherry & Webb Beach in partnership with the Westport River Watershed Alliance. The field study was part of the Dune…
Westport– The Westport River Watershed Alliance has been awarded a matching grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). Public funding such as MCC’s plays a vital role for organizations as it allows the organization to leverage new money and also…
Sassafras Point was the lovely setting for the Westport River Watershed Alliance’s summer gala on August 11th. This event happens with teams of committed volunteers and dedicated staff. Our success comes from members and guests attendance and participation in our event.…
July 30, 2012 BayCoast Bank, formerly Citizens~Union Savings Bank, has contributed the sum of $10,000 to the Westport River Watershed Alliance (WRWA) to support the organization’s summer internship program. Since its inception in 1976, WRWA has grown from 15 members…
May 22, 2012 The Westport River Watershed Alliance is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of over 1,380 member companies in 43 countries that give one percent of revenues to environmental causes. WRWA is now…
October 31, 2011 New Focus for Westport River Watershed Alliance The Westport River Watershed Alliance will focus more of its time and resources on protecting and restoring the Westport River watershed. With a unanimous budget vote from the board of…
September 28, 2012 The Board of Directors of the Westport River Watershed Alliance voted last night to make a significant investment in determining the problems that have closed shellfish beds in the upper half of the West Branch of theWestportRiversince…
