4 River Events

2023 EVENTS!           

• contact: chicopeewatershed@gmail.com

Kick-Off – April 20^TH PHCC 7-8 PM

Water Chestnut Pulls – Oxford Marsh 

• Saturday, June 24, 9 AM (Rain date 6/25 @ 1 PM).
• Saturday, July 15, 9 AM.  (Rain date Sunday, July 16 @ 1 PM)
• Saturday, Aug. 12, 9 AM  (rain date Sunday Aug 13, 1 PM)
• Final sweep late Aug?
• Red Bridge when possible, mid June

Paddles     (Details on all will be posted soon) updated May 7, 2023

• May 13 Ware RBT – service day
• May 27 Lower Ware RBT – inaugural paddle
• June 17 AM, Chicopee RBT
• June 25 — PM, Upper Ware RBT – inaugural paddle
• July 22 Quaboag RBT
• August 19 – Swift
• September 16 (Ware-Barre)
• October 21 (Lower Quaboag)

Clean ups

• Palmer – Laviolette Field, 4/22/23
• West Brookfield – Rt 67/9, 5/6/23
• Source to Sea?

2022 EVENTS  

• Clean ups
• Sat March 26, Gilbertville/New Furnace, 9 AM
• Sat April 23, Three Rivers/Laviolette, 9 AM
• Sat April 30, Indian Orchard/Water St, 9 AM
• Sat April 30, W Brookfield, 67/9 access 9 AM
• TBD: Putts, S2S, Blue Trail sites
• WRBT work
• Sat March 26, New Furnace clean up
• Sat April 16 @ 9 AM,  Upper Church St, Ware, site prep
• Hardwick sites TBD (April/May)
• TBD rescheduled Robbins Rd, Ware, sitework
• Bennet St site work – June TBD
• Other work TBD (sign mounting, kiosk build/install, mat install)
• Water Chestnut Pulls
•        Oxford Marsh
• Sunday, June 5, 1 PM  (raindate June 12….or Friday, June 3)
• Sunday, June 26, 1 PM (Raindate TBD).
• Saturday, July 16, 9 AM.  (Raindate afternoon of Sunday, July 17)
• Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 AM  (rain date Sunday Aug 14, 1 PM)
• Saturday, August 27 AM final sweep?
• Red Bridge – TBD
• Monitoring
• Bacteria Volunteer meets – May
• Bacteria, THU AM = June 9&23, July 7&21, Aug 4&18, Sep 1
• Lower Chicopee River survey, TBD
• Benthic Program TBD, Aug & Sep
• Paddles
• May 21 – lower WRBT (Robbins Rd-Bennet St)
• June – TBD 
• July
• Aug
• Sep

2021

June

• QRBT paddle, June 13, 1 PM, East Brookfield to Quaboag Pond NEW DATE
• Water Chestnut pull, June 19 @ Oxford Marsh, Chicopee
• June 27 – afternoon CRBT paddle & WC recon
• possible WRBT volunteer work thru summer/early fall-be on the the look out!

July

• QRBT paddle, July 17 postponed-weather
• water chestnut pulls, 7/10 & as needed

August – Quaboag River Blue Trail paddle Aug 21

Join Chicopee 4Rivers on Saturday August 21 for a paddle on the Quaboag River Blue Trail. Gather at 830 AM at the Quaboag Pond boat ramp and paddle to Rt 67/9 rest area. We launch by 9 AM … It’s a 7.25 mile paddle.
Coming with a friend? consider car pooling and place a car at the end then meet at the pond.

2020

• May – Care 4Rivers Challenge!Since we cannot yet gather, what’s the next best thing? Solo service or Safe Space river stewardship. What’s this? C4R has a number of river access locations along our first Blue Trails, they might need a spring cleaning. So if and when (in May) you can, bring a trash bag, stop by a site, BE SAFE, and pick up any trash you see, throw it in your trash at home. If there is a serious piece of debris, let us know and we will see what we can do about it. Whatever little we can do, helps a bunch!Sites: Indian Orchard/Water St, Putts Bridge/River Rd, Collins Portage, Red Bridge lower, Stevens Rd/E Brookfield, Quaboag Pond launch, Rt 67/9 rest area, Lucy Stone Park.
•  July? – opening paddles:  pending pandemic issues
• Bacteria sampling-begins in July
• Water Chestnut removals
• Summer Fun paddles
• Ware River Blue Trail planning

2019 Spring !

• April 11, THU – C4R night at the Iron Duke – Thanks to all who came by!
• April 20th Chicopee River Blue Trail clean up, 9-12 AM C4R-Earth Day Clean Up 2019   POSTPONED DUE TO POOR WEATHER…NEW DATE TBD…
• April 27th Three Rivers-river clean up, 9-12 AM . Thanks!
• May 4, 3R TRACK Arts Fest, come visit C4R 11-3. 
• May 4, W Brookfield, 67/9 QRBT access clean up, 9-12 (part of town wide event)
• May 11 C4R paddling event. QuaboagRBT Paddle May 2019  
• June – Bac-T sampling starts, Plus invasive water chestnut removal from lower Chicopee River, Solstice paddle – details mid May.

Details on these appear as links.

Contact – 4 Rivers

2018 Events

With C4R’s RTP-DCR grant, we are mobilizing to make both the Quaboag and Chicopee Blue Trails a full reality. So, C4R will be holding a number of OUTREACH sessions to engage local folks to help us prepare final efforts.

• March 22, Thursday @ 630 PM Brookfield Congregational Church
• April 3rd, Tuesday @ 7, Wilbraham Library
• April 5, Thursday @ 7 PM West Brookfield Selectman’s meeting room, town hall
• April 19, Thursday @ 7 PM, Palmer PD meeting room
• April 21, Saturday, lower Chicopee Blue Trail clean up & paddle, 9 AM Ludlow Elks.
• May 6, Sunday, Indian Orchard access clean up & paddle, 1-4 PM, Water St.
•  May 5th… see C4R @ TRACK event in Three Rivers, 10 AM – 3 PMMay 1     
  Valley Gives: C4R will be an organization you can support on this day of giving, 

  Your support helps us make your rivers accessible and clean. Early Bird donations begin 4/26…. Help C4R help Care 4Rivers

• https://www.valley-gives.org/organizations/chicopee-4rivers-watershed-council

Annual Summit 2018 – Nov 4, Fine Success.

Our 2017 event listings:

• Quaboag Blue Trail opening paddle set for June 10! It was a great day!
•  July 22 Sat, Grenville Park, Ware on Ware River, another great outing!
• Clean ups   S2S, Sep 22/23 @ Third Street-Palmer/Bondsville

Summit in November – Nov 12, 2017

Past Events

• 2015 Kick off gathering, Sunday March 1st.  Thanks to all who came – good start to 2015!
•  “Earth Day” clean ups & Blue Trail events
  • Saturday April 25 clean up at access along Rt 67/9 interchange 10 AM  ℅ West Brookfield Lions
  • Saturday May 2 QQLA sponsors a clean up at the Quaboag Pond launch, 9 AM
  • Sunday May 3, 1-4 PM, C4RWC will sponsor a clean up of the accesses at River Rd in Wilbraham near Indian Orchard and the lower Red Bridge access.  THANK YOU !!!
  • QUABOAG RIVER Blue Trail meet – May 7 THU, W Brookfield Town Hall @ 7 PMCHICOPEE RIVER meet – May 14 THU, Ludlow Elks Club, Chapin St, Ludlow @ 7 PM
  • upper chicopee paddle June 7
  • Quaboag paddle July 2
  • 2015
    • March 17th in W Brookfield – Upper Quaboag Blue Trail @ 7 PM, town hall11/22/15 WATERSHED SUMMIT @ PHCC IN 3R-PALMER, MA SEE HOME PAGES2S Clean up Saturday 9/26/15 at 2 sites: Indian Orchard and Bondsville/Palmer, 8-12 DONE, THANK YOU!
  • 2016
    • PaddlesJune 18 Indian Orchard/Chicopee RJuly 16 Quaboag RAugust 20 Ware R
    • River Clean up May 21st, First St Bondsville/Palmer, MA – success – thank you!S2S September 25 Bondsville, Thank you!
  • 2017
    • C4R will be at the TRACK arts festival in Three Rivers/Palmer on May 6, come hear our story at 1 PM.