• Our Work During the Pandemic

    Our Work During the Pandemic

    NEIWPCC adapts amid coronavirus crisis The first thing to go was our annual “all-staff” meeting that had been planned for the end of March. By mid-month, it seemed clear that…

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  • Biotic Index Promises Monitoring Insights

    The Bugs Tell the Tale A scientist wades into a slow-moving stream and brushes one square meter of the stream-bottom surface into a net. The procedure collects large invertebrates—mostly insects—for…

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  • Youth Program Expands to Lawrence, Mass.

    Eight Lawrence and Lowell high-schoolers are getting closely acquainted with wastewater treatment this summer. In Lowell, four teens are shadowing operators, lab technicians, and other employees at the Lowell Regional…

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  • Eel Project Documents Volunteer Data

    Every spring since 2008, volunteers have waded into the Hudson River and its tributaries to count migrating juvenile American eels. This year, that activity and the data it collects are…

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  • Measuring Sea-Level Rise

    Monitoring Impact on Tidal Marshes Late last fall, 3 NEIWPCC researchers at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve finished installing 6 surface elevation tables to measure changes in Piermont…

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  • All About Soil

    October 16 marked the last day of NEIWPCC’s most recent eight-session soil evaluator certification course, which trains engineers, designers, local Boards of Health members, and others to make decisions regarding…

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  • Plastic Trash Targeted

    Long Island Sound Study Campaign “Protect our wildlife: break the single-use plastic habit.” That was the rallying cry for a plastic trash reduction campaign that engaged thousands of people in…

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  • Stream Crossings, Flooding, Get Grants, Design

    Rushing water overtopping bridges and culverts threatens not only property and wildlife habitats, but also public safety. More than 1,900 publicly owned road stream crossings in the Hudson River estuary…

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  • Hydric Soils Guide Updated

    Identifying wetland soils in New England just got a little easier with this published manual. It has been updated to include an additional New England-specific soil indicator. NE-A2 addresses dark…

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  • Nutrient Bioextraction Removes Nitrogen

    Why not: use marine plants and animals, such as seaweed and shellfish, to remove nitrogen from Long Island Sound? NEIWPCC has hired its first bioextraction coordinator to explore the potential…

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