By Dave KoehlerRiverSpeak Podcast In this episode–the 1st in a mini-series titled “New Life for America’s Big City Rivers”–we discover The Charles River of Boston
By Andrew BlokEnvironmental Monitor The Charles River used to be a swimming hotspot for Cambridge and Boston residents. Decades of industrial pollution and nutrient runoff
By Bob DumasBoston 25 News BOSTON — Since early in the summer of 2020, a man-made island has been floating right in the middle of the
WBZ NewsRadio The first human-made island is 700 square feet and located just past the Longfellow Bridge, in the Charles River basin. Laura Jasinski is
Cambridge Chronicle The Charles River Conservancy and Northeastern University’s department of civil and environmental engineering, in partnership with Foth, an engineering consulting firm, and the
By Matt BergTHE BOSTON GLOBE In the latest effort to rid the Charles River of its notoriously “dirty water,” conservationists launched an artificial island full of
By Craig LeMoultWBGH On Tuesday afternoon, a team bolted together two dozen large structures off Magazine Beach in Cambridge, assembling an island like a floating puzzle.
By Emily Norton, Laura Jasinski, and Kane LarinLetter to the EditorCommonWealth Magazine On Monday, CommonWealth reported that although “[n]o one thought putting a structure out over the Charles
By adamguniversialhub.com The Charles River Conservancy hopes to install a “floating wetlands” at North Point Park next spring to test whether the reintroduction of wetlands to
By TESSA YANNONEBOSTON MAGAZINE A dip in the Charles River might not sound like a particularly pleasant activity at this moment in time, but do you
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