Coastwatch
Community Calendar
Link to past events in 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, and 2009.
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JANUARY 2010
Saturday,
January 9
Winter Waterfowl Identification Session
9:00
- 11:00
am
Location: Winter Island, meet at the Gazebo at the water's edge
Jan Smith will be sharing his vast birding knowledge with us on Saturday morning helping people to identify the waterfowl that use the Salem Sound waters in the winter. In Salem Harbor alone, we counted nearly 1000 birds and 20 different species during our winter waterfowl survey last November.
Please bring binoculars, a notebook and a bird book if you have them. SSCW will bring a variety of books if you do not have any bird id books, yet.
The weather date will be the following day - Sunday, January 10 - same time and place. The class will only be canceled if it is snowing or raining. So come bundled up if it is cold!
Please
RSVP (978-741-7900) or info@salemsound.org
so we can contact you if there are any changes.
Tuesday,
January 12
A Sea of Simmering Synthetic Soup...
The plastic concoction that is poisoning our oceans,
our planet, ourselves
Presented
by Charles Moore
Founder, Algalita Marine Research Foundation
7:00 PM
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA
Recipe for disaster: Take 5,000,000 square miles of ocean; mix in 850,000 pieces of colorful plastic per square mile; infuse all ingredients into the food web of fish, seabirds, marine mammals & microscopic organisms; simmer for a decade until plastic doubles; serve to humankind...
You've
likely heard it on the news by now - the northeastern Pacific is now home
to an enormous swath of floating trash. Quite likely, Charles Moore was featured
in the story you heard - in such sources as the U.S. News & World Report,
CBS evening news, The Osgood File, Nightline, and NPR's "All Things Considered".
Moore recently completed a 7,000 mile, 7-week journey in the Pacific aboard
the research vessel "Alguita" to document the extent of this phenomenon.
An expert in marine plastic pollution, Moore's career accomplishments also
include founding the Alguita Marine Research Foundation, assisting in the
development of the Surfrider Foundation's "Blue Water Task Force"
chemical and bacterial monitoring protocols, and authoring numerous peer-reviewed
research articles. Come and join us for an evening with this fascinating researcher
and author.
This lecture is free to the public.
Light refreshments served at 6:30PM.
The lecture begins at 7:00PM and is roughly an hour long.
The Marine Science Center is wheelchair accessible.
Sunday,
January 17
Winter Waterfowl Survey
8:30
am - 12:30
pm
Salem Sound Coastwatch,
partnering with Mass Audubon, will be conducting winter waterfowl surveys
from East Point Nahant to Rockport three times this winter. We will be following
the protocols used by TASL,
a group of birders who have been collecting winter waterfowl data for the
Boston Harbor regions since 1980. If you are interested in joining one of
our teams, please contact:
For Rockport and Gloucester – Kathy Leahy, 978-927-1122 x 2700 kleahy@massaudubon.org.
For Nahant thru Manchester -- Salem Sound Coastwatch, 978-741-7900
info@salemsound.org.
The next survey
date is Sunday, February 14
Wednesday,
January 20
Adopt a Beach Informational Session
Barnet
Gallery at the Beverly Public Library
7:30 -
8:30 p.m
Salem Sound Coastwatch
will give an overview of this new program and
the role of volunteers. If you want to adopt a particular beach, please come
with your ideas.
FEBRUARY 2010
February
8 - 12, Monday through Friday
Darwin Festival 2010
Salem State College Department of Biology
The festival is open to the public. All events are free. There are four lectures on marine topics. The Schedule is online at Salem State College website.
The location
for all events is Salem State College's North Campus,
352 Lafayette St., Salem, Massachusetts, 01970.
Directions to the campus and other information can be found at http://www.salemstate.edu/~pkelly/darwin/schedule.htm//,
or you can contact the Department of Biology (978-542-6236).
Tuesday,
February 9
"Some Recent Shipwreck Investigations in Northern Massachusetts Bay"
Starts 7:00 pm.
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA
Presented by: Victor Mastone, Director and Chief Archaeologist of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, and a member of the Salem Sound Coastwatch Board of Directors.
Did you know that the North Shore contains hundreds of shipwrecks?
Come to this free lecture to learn about 13 recently discovered shipwrecks.
For more information contact mscinfo@neu.edu or call Carole McCauley, 781-581-7370,
ext 321
This lecture is free to the public.
Light refreshments served at 6:30PM.
The lecture begins at 7:00PM and is roughly an hour long.
The Marine Science Center is wheelchair accessible.
Sunday,
February 14
Winter Waterfowl Survey
8:30
am - 12:30
pm
Salem Sound Coastwatch,
partnering with Mass Audubon, will be conducting winter waterfowl surveys
from East Point Nahant to Rockport three times this winter. We will be following
the protocols used by TASL,
a group of birders who have been collecting winter waterfowl data for the
Boston Harbor regions since 1980. If you are interested in joining one of
our teams, please contact:
For Rockport and Gloucester – Kathy Leahy, 978-927-1122 x 2700 kleahy@massaudubon.org.
For Nahant thru Manchester -- Salem Sound Coastwatch, 978-741-7900
info@salemsound.org.
Thursday,
February 18
Tour South Essex Sewerage District (SESD) Wastewater Treatment Facility
6:30 - 8 pm.
Open only to SSCW members. RSVP Required!!
Wear comfortable and sturdy shoes--we will be walking in out of different
buildings
Have you ever wondered where where the "unmentionables" go when you flush the toilet? Join SSCW for this special tour of of SESD where we will learn how wastewater is processed and how it affects the water quality in Salem Sound. During this tour we will see the belts, concentrators, pumps, mixers and tanks that do the screening, pumping, settling, disinfecting, dewatering, and descumming of our region's wastewater.
Located in Salem next to the power plant, SESD treats wastewater for the communities of Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody and Salem.
Here's what others have said who have taken this tour:
"This is one of the best tours I've taken."
"The tour was well organized, and it is a very clean operation. They
didn't hesitate to answer questions, and it seemed to me that they
cared about the facility and their jobs."
MARCH 2010
Saturday,
March 6
Adopt a Beach Volunteer Training
9 - 11:30 am
Beverly Cooperative Bank Community Room
87 Lafayette St
Salem, MA
RSVP required!
Note: the Community Room is next to Wendy's
APRIL 2010
MAY 2010
8th
Annual SSCW North River Awareness Week
Salem Sound Coastwatch will be sponsoring
this week-long series of community events and presentations in celebration
of the North River --
a river in recovery!
Annual
Fish Sampling Demonstration and Smelt Count Update on the North River
Join us for this annual event. The Division of Marine Fisheries will display the catch from the morning's sampling and provide an update on the status of spawning smelt based on eggs found in the North River. This project is part of an effort to develop an index of the abundance of rainbow smelt in four rivers throughout the region. No registration required -- just show up ready to learn about fish and their habitats.
JUNE 2010
JULY 2010
July
10, Saturday
Thank you, race participants - swimmers and paddlers, volunteers, and our sponsors. We had the best day ever at Salem’s beautiful Forest River Park. Thank you, City of Salem, for the use of the park.
Results from 2009 500 and 1500 m Swim Races and for the Canoe and Kayak Races are posted.
SEPTEMBER 2010
COASTSWEEP
- Help us CLEAN our shoreline
Call or email us and we will plan a cleanup event for your
group.
Salem
Sound Coastwatch (SSCW) invites you to join us and other community volunteers
in the international COASTSWEEP.
COASTSWEEP is part of an international campaign organized by The Ocean Conservancy in Washington, DC. Participants all over the world collect marine debris and record the types of trash they collect. This information is then used to help reduce future marine debris problems. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management with the Urban Harbors Institute and the University of Massachusetts, Boston promote Massachusetts’ statewide effort to clean up our shoreline.
Upper
Mill RIver, off Washington Street, Gloucester
Clam
Survey
call
978-741-7900 or email us if you
want to participate.
To see pictures from last year's survey: salemsound.org/millclams.htm
OCTOBER 2010
Sunday,
November 13
Winter Waterfowl Survey
8:30
am - 12:30 pm
Salem Sound Coastwatch,
partnering with Mass Audubon, will be conducting winter waterfowl surveys
from East Point Nahant to Rockport three times this winter. We will be following
the protocols used by TASL,
a group of birders who have been collecting winter waterfowl data for the
Boston Harbor regions since 1980. If you are interested in joining one of
our teams, please contact:
For Rockport and Gloucester – Kathy Leahy, 978-927-1122 x 2700 kleahy@massaudubon.org.
For Nahant thru Manchester -- Salem Sound Coastwatch, 978-741-7900
info@salemsound.org.
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