TRWA Blog
- Annual Taunton River Tide Calendar – 2027 - Annual Taunton River Tide Calendar Photography Contest The Taunton River Watershed Alliance is sponsoring a digital photography contest for its 2027 Tide Calendar and is accepting up to 5 electronic submissions from adult and teen, amateur and professional photographers alike. We are looking for photographs of wildlife, scenery, agriculture,... Continue reading
- Taunton River Festival 2026 - By: Sally Spooner, TRWA Board Member The Taunton River Festival held on June 14 was a festival for the ages. All of them. It was a beautiful day. Too hot to be out in the bright June sun? Not with the cooling breezes from the Wild and Scenic Taunton... Continue reading
- Guest Speaker: Norman Smith – Snowy Owls to Saw-whet Owls - In February, we welcomed world-renowned snowy owl expert Norman Smith to TRWA’s Guest Speaker event at the Middleborough Public Library. Norman spent the hour speaking on his life as a “self-taught naturalist,” working as a raptor specialist for Mass Audubon, and involving his children and grandchildren in his important work.... Continue reading
Watershed News
- June Water Quality Monitoring Results - The TRWA water quality sampling results for June 9th are available. Click on the Water Quality Monitoring tab at the top of the website home page and either the picture of the sample bottles or link under the Documents section to see the latest results. The June river flow... Continue reading
- May Water Quality Monitoring Results - The sampling results for May 12, 2026 are available. The results for nitrate downstream of the Brockton wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) were higher than the Mount Hope Bay water quality target of TN 0.45 mg/l however by Church St sampling station down river in Raynham the river met this... Continue reading
Guided Walk: Exploring the Three Mile River
Saturday, July 18th – 9:00am – 11:00am
Crane Farm Preserve, Noron
Taunton River Watercolor Class
Wednesday, July 29th – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Stoughton Public Library
Thursday, July 30th – 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Somerset Public Library
Intro to Nature Photography Class
Thursday, July 30th – 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Stoughton Public Library
Programming is made possible by the generosity of our members, individual donors, the Bruce Spooner Family and


Our Mission...to protect and restore the watershed’s natural resources for current and future generations.

