The Taunton River Watershed Alliance is sponsoring a digital photography contest for its 2027 Tide Calendar and is accepting up to 5 electronic submissions from adult and teen, amateur and professional photographers alike.
We are looking for photographs of wildlife, scenery, agriculture, evidence of the area’s historic and archeological heritage, and people enjoying the watershed.
We are especially interested in seasonal images. Higher resolution images taken with your phone camera (instead of a social media app) and with the phone turned sideways (a landscape orientation) work the best with our printing format.
Photographs must be the sole property of the submitting party, and they must have been taken within the last five years WITHIN THE TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED. See watershed MAP HERE.
The submission deadline is September 2, 2026. Submissions will be judged in September with notification of acceptances at the end of the month. Thirteen winning photographs will be featured in the calendar. Photographers will be awarded one free copy of the final calendar.
For more information and submission guidelines, please call the TRWA office at 508-828-1101 or visit our website at www.savethetaunton.org. Teen entrants who are under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian sign the calendar contest entry form.
*READ GUIDELINES AND SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS HERE*
To view our 2026 TIDE calendar, follow this link: http://www.calendarlink.org/trwa/home.html.
A list of the 2025 photographers can be found here.
The TRWA is pleased to announce it will be funding a technician to formally investigate the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemy terrapin) population of Assonet Bay located in Southern Massachusetts. This population and its nesting beach have been documented for several years, but no rigorous studies have been conducted to determine and record the abundance, sex ratio, or age structure of this population. Such a study would provide crucial information for conservation and management of this, and other populations of state threatened species. The goal of this study will be to provide a comprehensive research report that can be shared with conservation partners and set up the
basis for long term study of survivorship and site fidelity. The study will involve the use of floated hoop traps, which were used successfully in the 2015 Allens Pond (Westport) terrapin survey. Diamond Back Terrapins are found along the east coast and are Massachusett’s only brackish water turtle species. They are listed as threatened on the