Mystic River Mural Project

Links

Mystic River Links

Alewife/Mystic River Advocates
This site provides a history of the river, lists of flora and fauna, a map of the Mystic River Basin trails, and more.

Map of the Mystic River Watershed
www.mysticriver.org/about_watershed/maps.html

Mystic River Watershed Association
www.mysticriver.org/
The overarching goal of the Mystic River Watershed Association is to achieve ?fishable and swimmable water? by the year 2010.

Mystic Watershed Collaborative
www.tufts.edu/tie/mwc/
The Mystic Watershed Collaborative is a partnership between the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) and Tufts University.

Wildlife

Menotomy Birds
http://mrines.com/Birds/Arlington/
An e-mail discussion group for people interested in birds in and around Arlington, Massachusetts. Includes related links.

Menotomy Bird Club
www.mrines.com/menotomy/index.htm
Menotomy Bird Club is an association of people interested in birds and birding in the Mystic Valley watershed, in particular the areas in and around Arlington, Massachusetts.

Education and Conservation

American Rivers
www.americanrivers.org/
Since 1973, American Rivers has been dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy, natural rivers and the variety of life they sustain for people, fish and wildlife. (Search keyword ?awards?.)

Boston Natural Areas Network
www.bostonnatural.org/gardeners_gathering.php
Boston Natural Areas Network, a citywide organization, was founded in 1977 as Boston Natural Areas Fund.

Groundwork Somerville
www.groundworksomerville.org/home1.htm
Groundwork Somerville aims to build sustainable communities through joint environmental action FOR PEOPLE creating opportunities for people to learn new skills and take local action FOR PLACES creating better, safer, and healthier neighborhoods FOR PROSPERITY helping businesses and individuals fulfill their potential.

The Third International Conference of Art Culture Nature
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~acn/schedule01.htm
Conference Theme: Exploring Public Art in an Environmental Context June 25 ? 26, 2001, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

"First Plenary: with David Fichter, whose Mystic River Journey is an ongoing mural project that explores the ecology, history and life of the Mystic River in Somerville, Massachusetts. Lucy Lippard as respondent. "

Massachusetts Environmental Trust
The Massachusetts Environmental Trust is a grantmaking organization that protects and restores water resources and their related ecosystems throughout the Commonwealth.

New England Grassroots Environmental Fund
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It provides grants of up to $2,500 to fuel civic engagement, local activism, and social change.

Somerville Conservation Commission
The Somerville Conservation Commission is composed of seven City residents, all volunteers, who are appointed by the mayor for three-year terms. The commission was created through the State Conservation Commission Act to promote and protect Open Space. The CC also administers the Wetlands Protection Act.

Publications

Murals: Walls That Sing
by George Ancona (Photographer)
Includes photographs of the Mystic River Mural