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TRWA Blog

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

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

 

Riveting Reptiles

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

See our events calendar for more events

Tides in Fall River:

To get the time of HIGH tide in Taunton add approximately 45 minutes to the high tide times listed below. For the time of LOW tide in Taunton add 2 hours and 15 minutes to the time of low tide listed below.

Water Height at the Titicut St gauge in Bridgewater:

USGS Water-data graph for Taunton River
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