The Council is pleased to award the following recipients with a Community Grant award in support of their projects to enhance the Taunton River’s outstanding natural resources.
- $2,775 Friends of Bridge Village Heritage Park for necessary park maintenance to allow for continued public river access and recreational fishing.
- $25,000 Town of Raynham for a feasibility study to create a new park with boat launch and historical signage at South East Street, thereby creating the town’s first access point on the Taunton River.
- $10,500 Town of Plympton for a culvert assessment of the Winnetuxet River Watershed to Improve river function, habitat, and access for fish and wildlife.
- $9,500, Town of Middleborough to survey invasive aquatic vegetation in the Tispaquin Pond.
- $5,000, Town of Easton to survey invasive aquatic vegetation in New Pond, Old Pond, Ames Long Pond and Longwater (Easton pond).
- $25,000, Division of Marine Fisheries & Town of Halifax to evaluate two Stump Brook culverts for improved fish passage.
- $11,891, Bridgewater State University to repeat a surface water resource study at the Assawompsett/Long Pond Complex which was last conducted in 2004.
- $10,065, Mass Audubon to conduct two Waterways Outreach and Education programs for Taunton youth.
- $3,310, Walker-Blake Graveyard Restoration Project for much needed cemetery conservation work to preserve Taunton’s unique history.
- $10,000, Town of Bridgewater to assist in the final phase of the Old State Farm trail system.
- $10,000, Old Colony History Museum to assist in a native landscape restoration project.
- $15,800, Town of Berkley to study potential recreational use on newly acquired property along the Copley River.
- $14,100, Town of Mansfield for the development of a Municipal Knotweed Management Plan.
- $15,000, Old Colony Planning Council for the implementation of the newly developed Regional Water Plan covering 17 municipalities.
- Community Grants are available up to $25,000/year. To discuss a project idea, email our Coordinator Gloria Bancroft (link: director@savethetaunton.org)