Many Thanks to
our Grantors and
Business Sponsors!

Staff:

Barbara Warren
Executive Director
barbara.warren@salemsound.org

Susan Yochelson
Outreach Coordinator
susany@salemsound.org

Board of Directors:

• Alan Young, President
• Liz Vago,Vice President
• Victor Mastone, Treasurer
• Martha Bednarz, Secretary
• Robert Buchsbaum
• Matthew Whitlock
• Michael Medlock

 

Our Mission
is to protect and improve the environmental quality of Salem Sound and its watershed.

About Us

Salem Sound Coastwatch is a non-profit coastal watershed association that works with government agencies, businesses, other non-profit organizations and citizens from the communities of Manchester, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem, and Marblehead, Massachusetts. Salem Sound Coastwatch is dedicated to taking cooperative action to protect and enhance the environmental quality of the Salem Sound Watershed. Salem Sound Coastwatch works to achieve this mission through municipal partnering, scientific investigation, education, and stewardship. Our top priorities are protection of coastal habitat, commercial and recreational marine resources, and water quality.

Salem Sound Coastwatch, then named Salem Sound 2000, was established as an informal working group in 1990 when a handful of citizens, local officials, and businesses became concerned with the lack of attention paid to the coastal embayment of Salem Sound. In 1995, the organization became one of the five local governance committees (LGCs) for the Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program to facilitate regional implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). Within this role, Salem Sound Coastwatch assists the communities in the Salem Sound Watershed with activities such as water quality monitoring, protective bylaw development, grantsmanship, and public education - all with the ultimate goal of helping to shape and implement CCMP actions.

Salem Sound Coastwatch has grown substantially in the past ten years and is now recognized throughout the region for its environmental programs. Salem Sound Coastwatch programs include volunteer monitoring programs (Adopt-a-Tidepool, Clean Beaches & Streams, Coastal Habitat Invasives Monitoring Program, Wetland Health Assessment Toolbox, Stream Teams), on-the ground restoration projects (anadromous fish habitat restoration and stormwater remediation), public education (beach water quality and stormwater education), and municipal assistance (technical assistance and grant writing). For an overview of last year's activities, see our 2007 Year In Review.

We are committed to:

1. Increasing the public's knowledge and appreciation of the natural resources of the Salem Sound Watershed and the immediate and chronic threats to the ecological health of the watershed.

2. Working with the public and private sectors, as well as other non-profit organizations, to foster responsible and sustainable resource management practices in the Salem Sound Watershed.

3. Conducting and facilitating environmental monitoring and scientific research in the Salem Sound Watershed and distributing the results to the public.

4. Promoting citizens' awareness and understanding of their connection to the Salem Sound Watershed and their role in restoring and protecting its health.

 Vision Statement