Section A of this report contains a descriptive narrative and an example of a completed survey form. A complete copy of all survey forms will be given to the Conservation Commission. Section B contains maps. Section C contains a "snap shot" tour of each of the visited sites. Photographs and information from March 22 and the second survey conducted March 31 through April 8 are included. Section D contains the Action Plan which was compiled with the assistance of Rachel Calabro, the Adopt-A-Stream coordinator of the Riverways Program. The Action Plan lists both the assets and problems discovered during the survey process. It also prioritizes short and long term plans for remedial action and the First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative (FHBWI) goals.

Included in the Appendix is a macro invertebrate sampling study of the First Herring Brook Watershed which is part of a North and South Rivers Watershed Association (NSRWA) project by Fred SaintOurs Jr. Macro invertebrates are organisms whose abundance and diversity can indicate the health of a watershed.

Future stream surveys will focus on habitat, natural buffers, storm water control, and water quality. A final report and presentation based on all surveys and related projects over an eighteen month period will be presented to the community. This information will be incorporated into a Scituate Surface Water Supply Protection Plan which will be developed with Comprehensive Environmental Incorporated. This effort is supported by a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection.

For more information regarding this report or a copy please contact:
Lance Van Lenten, FHBWI Director/Editor
150 Old Oaken Bucket Road
Scituate, MA 02066
781-545-5987
lnkrs@comcast.net

*Affiliated with the North and South Rivers Watershed Association

• John Podgurski, Shoreline Survey Coordinator
• Susan Leigh Anthony, Herbalist
• Linda Bornstein, Photographer, Audubon Staff
• Vinny Bucca
• Bob Carroll
• Allan Mayberry Greenberg, Chairman, Scituate Conservation Commission
• Peter Kelly-Detwiler
• Chris Harris, Science Curriculum Specialist
• Don Hoyt
• Jack Ketterer
• Bill Krusell
• Shan Morrissey, Science Educator
• Melissa Marshall
• Howard Mathews
• Nancy Mathews
• Fred SaintOurs Jr., Project Manager and Entomologist
• Dick Sherrell
• Virginia Sherrell
• Amy Van Lenten
• Kristine Van Lenten
• Lance Van Lenten, FHBWI Director and Editor
• Garry VanWart, Naturalist-Educator
• J. Andrew Walsh, Ecologist-Photographer

We want to thank everyone who has supported this project and associated outreach events including:

FHBWI Stream Team, members, and volunteers; Bill Stanton and the North and South Rivers Watershed Assocation; Ms. Rachel Calabro Adopt-a-Stream Coordinator and Joan Kimball of the Riverways Program, the Department of Environmental Protection; as well as the Scituate Board of Selectmen, Conservation Commission, Planning Board, Health Board, Department of Public Works, Water Division Supervisor Gene Babin, Conservation Chairman Allan Mayberry-Greenberg, Conservation Agent Vincent Kalishes III, Town Planner Laura Harbottle, Team Leader of the South Coastal Basin Watershed Initiative Dr. George Zoto, Professor David Nellis, Selecman Richard Lane, Norwell Water Commission, Environmental Scientist Steve Ivas, Jeff Rosen of the Technology Planning and Management Corporation (TPMC), Jennifer Ghiloni of TPMC, Jim Campbell of TPMC, University of Massachusetts Extension Educator Faith Burbank, and the many friendly stream "neighbors" we've met.

The following pages on the left beneath 'Survey and Action Plan Report' are examples of some of the sites which were visited.