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A Place For Our Parks
Senior environmental scientist page
Kate Bowditch examines how
the proposed reorganization of
Massachusetts state govern-
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ment will affect the Metropolitan
Parks System
Defending a River
CRWA takes on the Dept. of page
Environmental Protection in an
effort to save the Ipswich
River
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Here Comes The Rain
What’s new with SmartStorm® page
Rainwater Recovery System:
beating the harsh winter, pub-
lic appearances and more!
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Deposits vs. Trash
New bill to increase the num- page
ber of containers with
deposits could keep more
beverage containers out of
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our waterways. A report from the
4th Annual Charles River Cleanup
IN EVERY ISSUE
Letter From The President
CRWA Board President Kelly page
McClintock discusses the
future of our parkland system 2
CRWA News and Notes
Annual Charles report card page
released; EPA pledges a 400K
grant; new volunteer opportu-
nities abound; CRWA wins
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leadership award
>>RACE ROUND-UP
(from upper lefthand corner): kayaker
by Eric Endlich; flatwater canoes by
Bud Burgess; portage by Endlich;
Corbin and Kolka pull away by
Burgess; canoers by Burgess; kayaker
by Endlich; and canoes battle by
Burgess. All photographs printed with
the photographer’s permission.
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record low flows were set, and large the WMA requires DEP to review the
Ipswich River Watershed reaches of the river dried up completely, permits every five years, and, if permit
Association (IRWA), Essex County causing massive fish kills and habitat conditions are not adequate or the "safe
Greenbelt Association, a land trust, and destruction. Dirt bikes and ATVs were yield" of the basin is being exceeded, to
12 concerned citizens to sue the seen driving on the exposed riverbed, modify the permits. While DEP has
Massachusetts Department of altering its physical characteristics and known about the impact of water with-
Environmental Protection (DEP) for its destroying the biota. drawals on the Ipswich River for some
permitting of water withdrawals in the Recent government studies have time, it was reluctant to take definitive
Ipswich River basin. The complaint, filed shown that the primary cause of the action to address the low flow issues.
in Salem Superior Court on April 11, Ipswich's dire condition is water with- Last fall, we notified DEP of our intent to
2003, alleges that DEP has failed to com- drawals. Streamflow depends on the sue for its failure to conduct the five-year
ply with the state Water Management groundwater that supplies it. Municipal reviews of the Ipswich permits and mod-
Act (WMA) and its own rules which reg- water withdrawals in the Ipswich basin ify them. While DEP is now conducting
ulate water withdrawals greater than collectively average about 30 million gal- those reviews, we are not convinced
100,000 gallons per day. CRWA's gener- lons per day. DEP is charged with regu- that DEP will issue strong and effective
al counsel, Margaret Van Deusen, is rep- lating these withdrawals to ensure a bal- modified permits without a lawsuit.
resenting the plaintiffs in this lawsuit. ance among water uses and protection CRWA believes that the Ipswich per-
The Ipswich was recently named of the water resource itself. However, mits are critical to establishing a sustain-
one of the ten most endangered rivers in DEP's WMA permitting decisions have able water management program and to
the country by American Rivers, a nation- failed to achieve these goals, and it has developing a comprehensive water poli-
al environmental organization, and the given resource protection, habitat and cy for Massachusetts. The science on
Ipswich basin is classified by the state as recreational uses short shrift. A broad streamflows for fish and habitat that has
one of the most highly stressed basins in Ipswich stakeholder group has recom- been developed for the Ipswich must
Massachusetts. The Ipswich suffers mended a number of measures that now be incorporated into the permits
from a severe lack of water, or flow, par- would result in better river protection. themselves.
Ipswich river
set and large reaches of the
CRWA sup-
ports the
8,000 square feet of called for a review of increased mass transit
availability and a traffic study of the roads
ough analy-
sis of the
stormwater
recharge plans
wetlands...” and intersections impacted by the potential
development. The State has ruled that the
effects of
copper on
of the project. CRWA has proposed that the project project will require an EIR. salamanders
include a monitoring plan to ensure the proper func- and frogs at the
tioning of the replicated wetlands. CRWA has also Replacement of Radio Towers site.
called for the project developers to create, in associ- Clear Channel Radio is seeking to replace two 350-
ation with the town, pedestrian and bicycle access foot radio towers with five 199-foot radio towers at
L OWER W ATERSHED
Cemetery Needs More Water Park Restoration Plan Under Review
.From Watertown Dam to New Charles River Dam.
River mile 69 to mile 78.4
In addition, CRWA believes that the project's
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown has submit- CRWA fully supports efforts to restore the Muddy BMP plan must be developed in full detail and
ted a Water Management Act (WMA) permit applica- River, the centerpiece of Olmstead's Emerald include a monitoring program for the in-stream sed-
tion to withdraw up to 250,000 gallons per Necklace Park system, which has imentation basins and meas-
day from an existing groundwater well. been adversely impacted by “CRWA has advocated urable environmental perform-
CRWA has advocated that water-
related permits should be
urbanization and development in
Brookline and Boston.
water-related
that ance standards or bench-
marks.
linked not only to Restoration efforts involve dredg- permits should be Finally, CRWA requests a
demand needs but also to ing sections of the river and Supplemental Environmental
environmental impacts so implementing best management linked to environ- Impact Report for the manage-
that reduced streamflows
are avoided. Contingent
practices (BMPs) to reduce flood-
ing and improve water quality
mental impacts so ment structure of this project,
which should recognize the
upon receiving a WMA permit, and habitat conditions, and better reduced
that Muddy River Restoration
CRWA recommended that the management and oversight of Project Maintenance and
cemetery employ a number of actions to the project to ensure both short- streamflows are Management Oversight
maximize groundwater recharge including
minimal lawn areas, drip irrigation, and
term and long-term success of
the project. CRWA recommends
avoided Committee as a vital and inte-
.” gral component of this project,
stormwater recharge structures. CRWA that the project proponents and outline the management
also recommended a number of additional implement additional silt curtains near the outlet of and financial responsibilities of each of the project
restrictions on irrigation during times when the Muddy River and conduct water quality monitor- partners.
streamflow falls below certain thresholds. ing during construction.
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Many thanks to the volunteer groups listed 23. Community Rowing, Inc. 50. St. Michael's College Alumni
below and the countless other individuals 24. Elisabeth Harper and Friends 51. Community Boating
not mentioned here. 25. New Balance 52. Hill House
26. Coolidge Avenue Condominium Association 53. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
27. Harvard Law School 54. United States General Accounting Office
1. Bread & Circus Whole Foods Market
28. WUMB 91.9 FM Radio 55. Emerson College
2. Milford Women's Club
29. Harvard University Environment & Safety Office 56. Suffolk University Environmental Law Society
3. Box Pond Association
30. Cambridge Boat Club
4. Friends of Hemlock Gorge
5. Needham Girl Scout Troop - Broadmeadow School
31. First Parish Church Also much appreciation goes to our
32. Cambridge Rindge and Latin Crew
SPONSORS
6. Needham Women's Club financial supports and in-kind contributors.
33. Harvard University
7. Needham League of Women Voters
34. Saunders Inc. 1. Althea Chen - t-shirt design
8. Needham Brownie Troop - St. Joseph's School
35. Genzyme Corporation 2. Bread and Circus Whole Foods Market
9. Dexter School Boy Scouts
36. Riverside Boat Club 3. Clean Harbors
10. Dover/Natick Homeschoolers
37. Brookline High Crew 4. Community Rowing
11. Wellesley Natural Resources Commission
38. Friends of Magazine Beach 5. Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel
12. Boston Society of Civil Engineers
39. Triumvirate Environmental, Inc. 6. Finagle-A-Bagel
13. Charles River Stream Team
40. Hyatt Hotel 7. Genzyme Corporation
14. Newton Marriott Hotel
41. Pfizer Corporation 8. Harvard University
15. Island Neighborhood Association
42. Emmanuel College 9. Home Depot
16. Massachusetts Medical Society/New England
43. Boston University 10. Newton Marriott Hotel
Journal of Medicine
44. MASSPIRG 11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17. Newton North High School
45. Governor Mitt Romney and his staff 12. Northeastern University
18. Waltham Land Trust
46. Esplanade Association 13. Pfizer Corporation
19. Watertown Police
47. Union Boat Club 14. Roche Bros. Supermarkets
20. Polaroid Corporation
48. City Year 15. Royal Sonesta Hotel
21. Sasaki Associates
49. University of Virginia Alumni 16. Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
22. Newton Girl Scouts
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THANK
Vischer-Buechner. Tim Moore's donation was given in memory
large. Through generous donations and memberships, of Kate C. Moore, an ardent CRWA supporter. We are also
individuals, corporations, foundations, government agen- grateful for recent contributions from our Corporate Members:
cies, and institutions alike share in the challenges and NSTAR, Polaroid Corporation, and Sun Life Assurance
goals CRWA faces. We are proud to have such a dedicated Company of Canada.
CRWA received three anonymous donations of $50K and
constituency of supporters. Thank you. And welcome to
over for which we are immensely grateful. Thanks are also
all members who have recently joined CRWA. extended to The Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
CRWA has received many gifts since the Winter which awarded CRWA with a $12K grant. Many thanks to
Streamer went to press in December. Over $200K has Boston Duck Tours for their $13K contribution towards Run of
been raised in unrestricted gifts since the beginning of our the Charles and to The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation for
YOU
fiscal year in October 2002. CRWA asks our members to their generous $1,000 grant.
contribute to the Annual Appeal in the fall and renew More than thirteen organizations donated financial support
and gifts-in-kind to the 2003 Earth Day Clean up in April. They
memberships in the spring. The Annual Appeal raised
include: Community Rowing, Doubletree Suites, Finagle a
$48,740. Thanks to all of you who contributed. We're now Bagel, Genzyme Corporation, Harvard University, Home Depot,
in the middle of our spring membership drive. If you Marriott Hotel, MIT Environmental Management Office,
haven't already done so, please renew your membership Northeastern University, Pfizer Global Research, Royal Sonesta
as soon as possible. Early renewals help reduce mailing Hotel, Triumvirate and Whole Foods (Bread and Circus). Many
costs and conserve paper. Thanks to those of you who thanks also go to Earth Share for their continuous support of
have already renewed and to those of you who increased CRWA.
Thanks to Vince Paratore of Gearon Hoffman for designing
your gift level.
the 2003 Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race T-shirt. We
Donations from Millennium Society members ($2,500 or are also indebted to Charles Riverboat Company for donating
more) were received from an anonymous donor, along with the the Henry Longfellow for our V.I.P. reception at the Run of the
Blossum Fund, Bea and Woolsey Conover, and Robert D. Charles. Special thanks go to the New New Orleans Jazz
Rands. In this same category, restricted gifts were donated by Band, which made the reception even more fun. Many thanks
Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo Botero for the parklands, and Crossroads to our co-chairs Sierra Bright, Bonnie Emmons, and Sara
Community Foundation for fish ladder maintenance. Gifts Molyneaux for helping to make CRWA’s first Take Me to the
from our Headwaters Society members ($1,000 to $2,499) River Kids Fair a great success, and to Lizzy’s of Waltham for
include: William and Constance Bennett, The Honorable and donating the ice cream for the event.
Mrs. Levin H. Campbell, Anne and Jim Davis, Larry R. -contributed by Louise Taylor