If you’ve ever driven Route 107 and glanced out over the marsh, you’ve probably seen this view without realizing it.

Black & Gold and GREEN.

We hit 1,000 followers almost exactly as the Bruins dropped the puck on their regular season opener. Couldn’t ask for better timing.

To celebrate, we’re giving back with our BRUINS GIVEAWAY!

Up close they’re shallow pools, some holding just an inch or two of salty water. From above they form a pattern that’s both beautiful and functional, showing the balance between salt, soil, and tide.

Two kinds of fall color are showing across Rumney Marsh right now. One belongs here, and one tells a different story.

From the edge of Rumney Marsh, two plumes rise over the Saugus incinerator. One is bright and harmless, the other less certain. Without continuous air monitoring, we are left to wonder what is really in the smoke above our wetlands and neighborhoods.

MUST WATCH: Pollution in Our Backyard

This is what incinerator ash management looks like inside a “protected” wetland in a densely populated area.

For decades, the Saugus incinerator and unlined ash landfill have sat inside the Rumney Marsh ACEC, one of the most important wetlands on the North Shore.

In the late 1960s, about 120 acres of Rumney Marsh were filled with millions of cubic yards of soil to prepare for a northward extension of Interstate 95. The project was cancelled in the early 1970s, but the massive embankment was left behind