Taunton River Watershed Alliance

• Free Fishing Lessons for Children -     Join us on Saturday, June 1st at the North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery Open House! Enjoy fishing on a stocked pond, fishing lessons for children, guided hikes on their woodland trails, and tours of their fascinating hatchery.  Stop by the TRWA table for children’s activities and visit other... Continue reading
• Clean-Up Event, 4/20th -     Time to clean our parks and trails!  Join TRWA, The Friends of Dighton Rock Museum and DCR to clean up the marsh shoreline at Dighton Rock State Park during low tide. We are looking for individuals, families, scout troops, school clubs, civic organizations, and corporate and church groups... Continue reading
• Training for Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers 3/23rd -     Help protect the water quality of the Taunton River and its tributaries by becoming one of our river guardians.  No technical training or education is required just a desire to be part of an important effort with good people who want to improve local water quality. We provide... Continue reading

• April Monitoring Results Available - The water quality monitoring results for last month (April 2024) are on the website. The flow in the river at the Bridgewater USGS gauge was very high 1690 cubic feet per second (cfs) on the day we sampled, this is 3.6 times the April flow last year when we sampled... Continue reading
• EPA Issues New PFAS Drinking Water Regulations - On April 10, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals.’ Exposure to PFAS has been linked to deadly cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and... Continue reading

Upcoming Events

For Adults:

April 4th, 10:00AM- Herring Life Cycle Tour with Herring Fishery Commissioners

Apr 18th, 10:00AM- Guided Walk, Erwin Wilder Wildlife Management Area with Ellenor Simmons

May 11th, 9:30AM- Guided Walk, Mill River Dam Removal Tour with Beth Lambert

May 21st, 8:30AM- Birding at Mallard Point with Ellenor Simmons

For Children, School Vacation Week:

Apr 16th, 10:00AM- Herring Run with Herring Fishery Commissioner

Apr 17th, 11:00AM- My Taunton River (ages 0-5) with Old Colony History Museum

April 18th, 2:00PM- Adventures of Water (ages 6-12) with Old Colony History Museum

Programming is made possible due to the generosity of our donors, the Bruce Spooner Family and a grant from the

See our events calendar for more events

• Tides
• River Height

Water Height at the Titicut St gauge in Bridgewater: