2026
2026
Cheesecake Brook 1
Managed by Charles River Watershed Association
Since Jan 2026
In Massachusetts, US
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Cheesecake Brook, a once meandering stream surrounded by wetlands, was filled, straightened, and channelized in the 1800s and 1900s. Today, the urbanized tributary, which flows from its headwaters near the Brae Burn Country Club, is culverted and buried beneath the Mass Pike, and emerges into a narrow masonry channel before entering the Charles River.
Since 2020, CRWA has partnered with the City of Newton to work towards a community vision of a restored urban stream by addressing urban drainage challenges and improving riparian habitat. In 2024, Massachusetts funded the installation of nature-based project elements, including a stormwater infiltration basin and about an acre of restored bank plantings.
About Charles River Watershed Association
We work to protect, restore, and enhance the Charles River and its watershed using science, advocacy, and the law by developing science-based strategies to increase resilience, protect public health, and promote environmental equity as we face a changing climate, together.
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