Watershed Advocacy

Taunton River Coalition Advocacy Priorities

The Advocacy Subcommittee of the Taunton River Coalition has adopted six priority areas for action:

State and federal legislation
Implementation of Taunton River Wild and Scenic designation
Water resources
Municipal planning and land use regulation
Review of impacts from new and existing projects
State programs

Learn more about these issues

Policy Positions and Public Comments

Mass Audubon's Taunton Watershed Advocate works at the River Center at the Boyden Refuge in Taunton:

Watershed Advocate: Priscilla Chapman
River Center Office: (508) 828-1104
Email: pchapman@massaudubon.org

Postal: c/o TRWA,
PO Box 1116,
Taunton, MA 02780

Continuing Advocacy

Throughout the years, these are the critical issues which we continue to follow.

Stormwater
Resort Casinos
Herring
Clean Water Act
Water Quality
Stream Flow

Current Advocacy

TRWA and members of the Taunton River Coalition are engaged in the following public issues.

The South Coast Rail proposal
The new LNG offshore terminal proposal
Brockton Power
Fish Passage
Local Dam Removal

Brockton Water Supply

The City of Brockton has had a long history of water supply problems.
In an effort to understand the situation's history and more recent attempts to solve it, see our fact sheet and frequently asked questions.