Map of the Marrimack River watershed. Merrimackrivermap, created by Karl Musser. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

Bill Dennison ·
19 March 2018
Environmental Literacy |     1 comments

As part of a report card project that we recently initiated with our partner organization, OARS for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers, we reviewed the essential features and major issues associated with these rivers. They are presented as seven environmental literacy principles: • The Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers (SuAsCo sub-basin) are tributaries to the Merrimack River in the metropolitan fringe of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Bill Dennison and Brianne Walsh with OARS staff at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Veni, Vidi, Vici: We Came, We Saw, We Concord.

Bill Dennison ·
9 March 2018

The title of this blog, adapted from Julius Caesar’s quote “I came, I saw, I conquered,” is based on a trip that Brianne Walsh and I made to Concord, Massachusetts from from February 26th – March 3rd. Brianne and I traveled to Concord to initiate a report card for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers. We are working with OARS, an organization that is focused on these 3 rivers, based in Concord.

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