Coastwatch
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JANUARY 2007
January 11,
Thursday
Salem
Sound Coastwatch Greenscapes Planning Committee
7:00 PM at the SSCW Office - 201 Washington St. #9, Salem
The committee will help SSCW staff plan our local efforts which will include setting up workshops, contacting landscapers, nurseries and garden centers, identifying demonstration sites, and helping with outreach. We would like to have each of the communities in the Salem Sound watershed represented.
If you are interested in contributing your time and expertise, please call Susan Yochelson, SSCW Outreach Coordinator, at 978-741-7900 or email her at susany@salemsound.org.
January 18,
Thursday morning
Salem
Sound Working Group - Next Steps to a Salem Sound NDA
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, coffee and danishes
Winter Island Function Hall
Winter Island, Salem
EPA New England has the goal for all New England to be a No Discharge Area by 2010. The Salem Sound Working Group will begin the next steps to making this a reality in Salem Sound.
Following on the 2005 survey information obtained from boaters in Salem Sound, this Group will begin implementation of ways to
* increase the visibility of pump-out facilities in Salem Sound
* improve existing Salem Sound pump-out facilities and operation schedules
* increase the boating community's awareness of pump-out services
*develop a boater and marina outreach and education program
If you are interested in participating, please call Barbara Warren, SSCW Executive Director, at 978-741-7900 or email her at barbara.warren@salemsound.org.
January 18,
Thursday evening
Swim
'n Fin Festival Committee meeting
6:30 to 7:30 PM at the SSCW Office - 201 Washington St. #9, Salem
The committee is planning the 2007 Swim 'n Fin Festival at Forest
River Park, Salem.
The Festival will includel open water swim races and activities on land for
children, parents and spectators, music and food.
If you are interested in joining the committee, please call Susan Yochelson, SSCW Outreach Coordinator, at 978-741-7900 or email her at susany@salemsound.org.
FEBRUARY 2007
February
12 -16, Monday through Friday
Darwin
Festival 2007
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/,
or you can contact
the Department of Biology (978-542-6236).
February
13, Tuesday evening
Manchester
Coastal Stream Team meeting
7:15 p.m. meeting in Seaside One
The team is working on a project that would place signs of the stream names at all stream crossings in Manchester and will be discussing other projects for 2007.
February
13, Tuesday evening
The
Art of War in Marine Life - Dr. Jeremy Long
6:30 PM - Light refreshments
7:00 PM - Lecture begins
Evening Lecture Series
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA
Call Tracy Hajduk for more information or email t.hajduk@neu.edu
www.marinescience.neu.edu/outreach
Phone: 781-581-7370 ext 321
Dr. Jeremy Long will explore how plants and animals in the sea evolved complex offensive and defensive strategies long before the creation of the first human militia. Finding your next meal and avoiding becoming someone else’s next meal are critical components of oceanic survival. These components created unusual and surprisingly sophisticated weapons in marine life including chemical warfare, espionage, fortification, and retreat. For example, some seaweeds detect enemies remotely and some invertebrates produce yucky chemicals. This talk will highlight these and other recent discoveries of defenses in marine prey and why they are important to us.
February
15, Thursday morning
Salem
Sound Working Group - NDA Application
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. meeting at the Winter Island Function Hall, Winter Island, Salem
The Salem Sound Working Group will hear from Todd Callaghan (CZM) and Ann Rodney (EPA) about the application process for a No Discharge Designation for Salem Sound. We will also discuss the status of an educational mailing to boaters and pump-out facilities in the Sound.
The meeting is open to the public. Please let SSCW know that you plan to attend so we can prepare the room and food. Contact Barbara Warren at 978-741-7900 or email her at barbara.warren@salemsound.org.
February
24, Saturday
Debut
of the film, INVASION, produced by Captain Fred Calhoun
Boston Scuba Show
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Holiday Inn Resort, Marlboro MA (junction of Routes 495 and 20)
Captain Calhoun of the Easy Diver Scuba Charter produced a film on the marine invasives off of Cape Ann after working with Salem Sound Coastwatch. He will be showing the film at his booth at the Boston Scuba Show.
Tickets @ $20 each at the door, or write:
Cecile Christensen
2 Ocean Ave. (1-H)
Magnolia , MA 01930
MARCH 2007
APRIL 2007
April 13,
Friday evening
Benefit
Party - Keeping the Earth SAFE and SOUND
7:30PM to midnight
Hawthorne Hotel Ballroom, Salem MA
Celebrate Earth Day with Salem Sound Coastwatch and Salem
Alliance for the Environment (SAFE) at our "almost annual" benefit
gathering. Come - bring your friends. We are excited to have the wonderful
music of "A Patch of Blue" beginning at 8:00 with dancing from 10:00
to midnight. There will be a cash bar, refreshments, and silent auction.
Tickets - $15 each, or 8 for $100 (tax deductible).
Call SSCW for tickets 978-741-7900 or email info@salemsound.org.
April 18,
Wednesday evening
Changes
to the Natural History of Cape Ann
7:00 to 9:00 PM - Schooner Adventure Spring Lectures
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester
Barbara Warren will be the guest speaker discussing how non-native invasive
species have and will continue to change the natural environment of Cape Ann.
She will discuss the changes and impacts to salt marshes, estuaries, intertidal
and subtidal regions.
April 21,
Saturday
Earth
Day Fair
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Manchester-Essex Conservation Trust
at the Essex County Greenbelt's Cox Reservation, Essex MA
Manchester Coastal Stream Team and SSCW will be highlighting the importance
of hte woods for water quality and biodiversity. Bird Walk at 11am. A fun
day for hte whole family with many hands on exhibits. Rain or shine.
April 28,
Saturday
Shedding
Light on the North River:
Land Use, Rivers and Flooding
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Peter A. Torigian Community Life Center
79 Central Street, Peabody, MA
There are many factors that contribute to the flooding problems on the North
River that plague Peabody and Salem. This seminar will look at the flooding
issue from a holistic approach -- how rivers and watershed work, how landuse
affects flooding, and options for solving the problem.
Presenters are Gabrielle Stebbins - MA Riverways PRogram
Elizabeth Baker - environmental planner from Horsley Witten Group
Barbara Warren - Executive Director Salem Sound Coastwatch
Seimar: free and open to the public. It will be repeated on May 9th at Forten Hall, Salem State College
MAY 2007
5th
Annual SSCW North River Awareness Week
May 7 - 12
Salem Sound Coastwatch is sponsoring this week-long series of community events
and presentations in celebration of the North River -- a river in recovery!
May 8, Tuesday
The
Great Rivers of Salem: Past and Present
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Schooner Fame Lecture Series: St. Joseph Hall, 160 Derby Street, Salem
Barbara Warren will give an historical overview of the Forest, South and North
Rivers, describing how they have chnaged over the last 350 years and their
current conditions.
May 9, Wednesday
Shedding
Light on the North River:
Land Use, Rivers and Flooding
6:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Forten Hall, Salem State College, Salem MA
There are many factors that contribute to the flooding problems on the North
River that plague Peabody and Salem. This seminar will look at the flooding
issue from a holistic approach -- how rivers and watershed work, how landuse
affects flooding, and options for solving the problem.
Presenters are Gabrielle Stebbins - MA Riverways Program
Elizabeth Baker - environmental planner from Horsley Witten Group
Barbara Warren - Executive Director Salem Sound Coastwatch
Seimar: free and open to the public.
May 10, Thursday
Fish
Sampling Demo and SMELT Count update
11:30 am to Noon
Meet at North River at Howley Street, Peabody (just past the Salem/Peabody
city line), next to the Super Stop & Shop (parking suggested in the corner
of the Super Stop & Shop's parking lot).
Join Brad Chase, Fisheries Biologist with the MA Division of Marine Fisheries, for a riverside demonstration of the Division's fish sampling project conducted at the North River this spring. This project is part of an effort to develop an index of rainbow smelt population abundance in four rivers throughout the region. Brad will display the catch from the morning's sampling and provide a brief overview of the project's findings to date. An update on the status of spawning smelt (based on eggs found) at this site (the site of recent efforts to restore habitat in a portion of the North River for this fish. No registration required -- just show up ready to learn about fish and their habitats
May 10, Thursday
evening
North
River Stream Team Meeting
6:30 - 8:00 PM (If you can't make it
at 6:30, please come late or let us know that you are interested in join a
stream team.)
Phillips Library Auditorium, Essex Street, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA
Last year, 40 volunteers helped SSCW conduct stream shoreline surveys of the North River and the Peabody brooks -Tapley, Strongwater, Goldwaithe and Proctor. Actions plans have been written from these surveys.
Join us at the Phillips Library to review the action plans and help us select actions for this summer and next fall.
May 12, Saturday
North
River Awareness WALK, TALK AND PICKUP
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Meet at the North River Park (aka Leslie's Retreat Park) parking lot beside
O'Rourke Bros Memorials (73 North St) between Route 114, Commercial St, and
Bridge St.
Join Barbara Warren, Salem Sound Coastwatch Director, for a
brief 'walk and talk' along the banks of the North River Canal with a clean
up as we walk. Key environmental issues facing the river will be discussed.
Participants will be given an opportunity to share their own concerns and
wishes for the river and its drainage basin, as we discuss a vision for the
future of this natural resource.
No registration required.
For more information about these events, please call 978-741-7900.
May 23, Wednesday
You
Make the Call - with Richard Jarvis
Peabody Access TV - Channel 10
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Barbara Warren, Salem Sound Coastwatch Director, and Gabrielle
Stebbins of Mass Riverways Program will be guests on Dick Jarvis' Public Access
TV show.
JUNE 2007
June 5, Tuesday
evening
Greenscapes
North Shore free workshop:
"How to Phase Out Chemicals and Phase in Organics"
7:00 - 9:00pm
Community House of Hamilton and Wenham
284 Bay Road (RT 1A), Hamilton MA
Dan Bishop of "Gardens Are...", will explain the basics and the step-bystep process of transforming a conventional lawn or garden into a beautiful and environmentally friendly landscape. Check greenscapes.org for more workshops and Greenscaping information.
June 6, Wednesday
evening
Richard
Jarvis' show, "You Make the Call."
Peabody Access TV10
8:00 - 9:00pm on Peabody Access TV10
Barbara Warren will be a guest on the Dick Jarvis call in show and continue
the discussion that was started by the North River Flooding seminar. We will
discuss the condition of the North River and how everyone in the North River
watershed can help reduce flooding in Peabody Square through actions at their
own homes and in their neighborhoods. Call in participants will have the opportunity
to share their own concerns and wishes for the river and its drainage basin,
as we discuss a vision for the future of this natural resource. The Riverways
Program of the Mass Dep. of Fish and Game has provided funding to SSCW to
make this possible.
June 7, Thursday
Salt
Marsh Monitoring
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Sohier Romm, 32 Essex St. Beverly Library, Beverly
Learn
about salt marsh plants and animals to see if you would like to join a monitoring
team this summer in one of our six marshes across the North Shore.
June 9, Saturday
Self
Pump-out Demonstration
9:00 to 11:00 AM
Cliff Street dock Marblehead
Learn
how to use Marblehead's new self pump-out station for your boat.
June 16,
Saturday
Self
Pump-out Demonstration
9:00
to 11:00 AM
Congress Street dock, Salem
Learn
how to use the self pump-out for your boat.
June 20,
Wednesday evening
Greenscapes
North Shore free workshop:
"Easy Composting for Healthy Landscapes"
7:00 - 9:00pm
Essex Conference Center & Retreat
1 Conomo Point Road, Essex MA
Ann McGovern, MA Dept. of Environmental Protection, will explain how to compost at home and how to manage organic wastes. Check greenscapes.org for more workshops and Greenscaping information.
June 23,
Saturday
Self
Pump-out Demonstration
9:00
to 11:00 AM
Congress Street dock, Salem
Learn
how to use the self pump-out for your boat.
JULY 2007
July 17,
Tuesday evening
Greenscapes
North Shore free workshop:
"Water Conservation Matters"
7:00 - 9:00pm
Middleton Historical Society ( behind the library)
Pleasant Street, Middleton, MA
Ted Moriarty, Smart Watering Company, and Phil Reidy, Rainwater Recovery Inc., will discuss the best watering techniques for lawns, what works and what doesn't work. They will also share the latest on irrigation systems and rainwater harvesting systems. Check greenscapes.org for more workshops and Greenscaping information.
July 28,
Saturday
Swim
& Fin OceanFest
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Forest River Park, 98 West Ave. Salem Harbor, Salem, MA
Rain date: Sunday July 29
Check out swinandfin.org to find out all the details of this great festival celebrating Salem Sound, which includes Harbor Swim Races, Kayak demos, Yoga in the Park, Sea Life Touch Tank, Children Games and more.
Registration form
for Swimmers
Flyer for the Festival
August 1, Wednesday
evening
Greenscapes
North Shore free workshop:
"Lawn Care Basics"
7:00 - 9:00pm
Danvers Senior Center
25 Stone Street, Danvers MA
Curt Dragon, Earth Landscape, and Gina Field, The Living Lawn, will teach what every homeowner needs to know to grow a healthy, beautiful lawn. Check greenscapes.org for more workshops and Greenscaping information.
August 4,
Saturday
Salem
Maritime Festival
- Derby Wharf
August 14,
Tuesday
NOFA Organic Land Care Program & Greenscapes
North Shore:
"Organic Lawn and Turf Course"
8;:00am - 5:00pm
Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
The NOFA Organic Land Care Program, a project of the Massachusetts and Connecticut chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, will present a one-day, intensive Organic Lawn and Turf Course.
The course will provide state-of-the-art information for managing lawns and turf organically and will include first-hand tours of Marblehead’s organic athletic fields and of The Living Lawn Project, a local demonstration organic lawn, just minutes from the school. In addition, the course includes hands-on demonstrations of lawn/turf equipment and materials, and a local, organic lunch.
The fee for the course is $1500 for the first person from a town or firm and $125 for each additional person. All registrants will receive a copy of the new 100-page NOFA Organic Lawn and Turf Handbook. Register early to guarantee your spot, and bring a colleague or two!
For more information on the course (including on-line registration), on the
new Handbook or the NOFA program, visit www.organiclandcare.net , email kathylitch29@yahoo.com
or call (978) 724-0108.
SEPTEMBER 2007
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 for the 20th year of COASTSWEEP.
We will decide in September where we are picking up trash this
year. If you have a special place that you believe has been overlooked or
continues to have a trash problem, call and let us know. We are looking for
a beach cleanup team leaders. SSCW will supply trash bags and gloves.
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.
In 2003, over 3,000 Massachusetts COASTSWEEP volunteers collected 35,000 pounds
of trash and marine debris.
OCTOBER 2007
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