Taunton River Watershed

The Taunton River Watershed or "Taunton River Basin" is made up of 562 miles of rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands in southeastern Massachusetts, USA. It's the second biggest watershed in the state. Also, it's a significant part of a much larger multi-state watershed, which is the Narragansett Bay Watershed.

The Taunton River Watershed is mostly situated in Bristol County, while some portions of it extends into parts of southern Norfolk County and western Plymouth County.

Composition

The Taunton River Watershed's makeup:

*7 species of freshwater mussels
*27 different habitat types
*29 species of native fish
*114 species of birds
*173 canoeable river miles
*221 lakes and ponds
*16,800-acre Hockomock Swamp

Environmental advocacy

This is an incomplete list of environmental groups and organizations that advocate protecting, by legislation and grants, for the Taunton River Watershed:

*Sheehan Family Foundation Grant
*Taunton River Watershed Alliance
*Taunton River Wild and Scenic Rivers Study

ee also

*List of Massachusetts rivers
*Three Mile River

External links

* [http://www.ssnsc.org/sheehan_family_foundation_grant.htm Sheehan Family Foundation Grant Official Home Page]
* [http://www.amrivers.org/rivers/tauntonriver.htm American Rivers site] on the Taunton River.
* [http://www.wildlandstrust.org Taunton River Stewardship Program: The Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts Official Home Page]
* [http://www.savethetaunton.org/ Taunton River Watershed Alliance Official Home Page]
* [http://www.edc.uri.edu/riatlas/watershed/Taunton.html University of Rhode Island: Taunton River Watershed] critical resource atlas.
* [http://www.tauntonriver.org/ TauntonRiver.org (The Taunton River Wild & Scenic River Study) Official Home Page]
* [http://www.glooskapandthefrog.org/ Taunton River Journal]