We are so grateful to everyone who joined us on Thursday, September 24th to learn more about the Charles River Floating Wetland. Missed the event? Watch the full event recording.

Curious about the Charles River Floating Wetland and how it was constructed? Safety precautions around COVID-19 meant we could not invite the community to help us plant and launch the wetland, but in 6 minutes, our Making of the Floating Wetland video will let you feel like you were there!

This fall, MassDOT will select a "preferred alternative" for the "throat" section of the Allston Multimodal Project, and they want your input! In a recent press release, the department announced it will host two public meetings, on October 15th and October 20th, and accept written comments through October 30th. We'll be in touch with more information in the coming weeks, and hope you'll make your voice heard on this important project!

Curious what design solutions to the Allston Multimodal Project can look like? We hope you'll join our partners at A Better City tomorrow morning (Friday 10/9, at 9am) for a panel discussion featuring designers from CBT Architects and Perkins&Will, including CRC board member Gautam Sundaram. Register here.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered with us this September and helped prepare the parks for fall! A fantastic team from Vertex planted mums, painted benches, and removed litter and invasive plants at Herter Park in Allston. Additionally, volunteers joined us for our first kayak cleanup and removed over 100 pounds of litter from the river, including a trash can, a broom, shoes, and a lot of plastic food and beverage packaging.

Our open volunteer events are free and welcome community members to participate in vital park maintenance. To register, email Sasha at svallieres@thecharles.org at least 3 days prior to the event.

Looking for a way to see friends, enjoy fall weather, and do some good for the community? Consider scheduling a Conservancy Volunteers event for your company or group! Reserve your day and learn more about our event safety protocols by contacting Sasha at svallieres@thecharles.org.

In celebration of the CRC's 20th anniversary in 2020, we are highlighting some of the groups and individuals who have made our Conservancy Volunteers program such a success!

Our friends at Magazine Beach Partners (MBP) are a group of community members who care for Magazine Beach Park, the second largest park in Cambridge. Since 2010, MBP has produced dozens of free programs for youth and adults, worked with MassDCR to spur renovations, and helped the Conservancy with numerous cleanups in the park. “Thanks to the CRC and its volunteers, the park is so much cleaner and better kept,” says MBP President Cathie Zusy. “We are so grateful for their picking up trash, painting picnic tables and park benches, painting out graffiti, removing invasives, planting bulbs, and now, so critically, watering our new trees."

Fall is here, and pops of red and yellow are showing up along the Charles River!⁠ Catch glimpses on our Instagram feed (@charlesrivercrc).

Did you know that commercial, industrial, and large multi-unit developments contribute 50% of the stormwater pollution in the Charles River, yet make up only 20% of the watershed? These entities are not currently required to get a federal permit to discharge stormwater into the river, but thanks to a petition submitted by CRWA and CLF last year, the EPA is looking to change this. Learn more about the initiative from the EPA's September presentation to stakeholders.

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