Here is a new illustrated map of Rumney Marsh, designed to help you find trails, parking, and places to explore. Save it, share it, and enjoy your time in the marsh!

Under Massachusetts DEP rules, certain industrial facilities can stay in compliance by buying pollution “offsets” instead of directly reducing their own emissions.

Ever wonder what that “marsh smell” is, or how exactly Rumney acts as a giant natural water filter?

We may be a small, volunteer-led group, but joining NAWM helps us stay informed, inspired, and better equipped to care for the marsh we call home.

Imagine a marsh with no sound.. no birds, no tide, no life.
That’s the real horror story.

If you’ve ever walked along a tidal creek and noticed clusters of tiny holes dotting the mud, you’ve stumbled onto a whole neighborhood of fiddler crabs at work.

Clean water didn’t happen by chance, it happened because people demanded it.

That’s exactly what happens every time it rains on the Dewey Daggett Landfill, an old dump site sitting inside Rumney Marsh.

Earlier today we shared some rare 1940s aerials of the old Revere Airport, now here’s what it looked like in motion.

This incredible 1950s point-of-view flight shows a takeoff right over Rumney Marsh. It’s short, but you can see the runways, the marshland, and the coastline just as they were 70 years ago.

These 1940s aerials show Revere’s Muller Field Airport rising out of the Rumney Marsh.

This photo was taken along the Saugus River, just upstream of Rumney Marsh but still within the tidal zone. Here, the river’s flow is shaped by the same tides that influence the marsh, creating a transition between fresh and salt water habitats.

Exploring the Northern Strand Community Trail, where it meets the Saugus River north of Rumney Marsh 🚲

A complete, uncut run over the abandoned highway embankment in Rumney Marsh between Revere and Saugus. The narration explains what you’re seeing along the way, from the old fill to areas now being reclaimed by the marsh.

Here’s a corner of Rumney Marsh in 1938 vs 2025, one of the clearest examples of how this landscape has been reshaped by human activity.