Conservation
Larkin Dam
Feasibility Study for Larkin Dam The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, formerly the Riverways Program, has placed the restoration of...
Ox Pasture Brook, Rowley
Ox Pasture Brook is a tributary of the Mill River. It drains downtown Rowley and meets the Mill River just downstream from Route One near the Jewell...
Jewell Mill Dam
Governor Academy students collecting aquatic insects for water quality analysis. The Mill River is located in Essex County, with its headwaters in...
Mill River
Since 2010, Nor’East TU chapter has worked on the Mill River in Rowley and Newbury to restore migratory fish runs. In April and May, the river...
Fish Brook
Located in the Town of Boxford, Fish Brook originates at Stiles Pond and discharges into the Ipswich River near Masconomet Regional High School. Fed...
Ipswich River Willowdale Dam Fish Ladder
Doug Aylward, clearing out the old fish pass channel at Willowdale Dam. Howlett Brook Hood Pond Culvert TU Nor’East is a key partner with the...
Saltwater Fishing Access
The Conservation Committee
We work on managing existing fish ladders in the Ipswich and Parker Rivers. We have successfully removed 3 barriers to fish migration on Crooked Pond Brook in Boxford. It is now free flowing. We have assessed and worked with the Mass Div. of Forest and Parks to improve fish passage in Gravelly Brook within Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich.
And we are assessing the water quality in the Mill River to restore fish passage at Jewell Mill in Rowley.
Here are two annual reports for you to read on the activities of this Chapter to save fish:
