Coastwatch
Community Calendar
2004
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JANUARY
January 27,
Tuesday
Public Input Session:
Drafting
the North Coastal Watershed 5-year Action Plan
Salem Sound
and its watershed communities ( Manchester, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem,
Marblehead) are part of the North Coastal Watershed. Do you have water or
open space issues you are concerned about in your town? Come be heard! What
actions do you think need to be undertaken over the next 5 years to improve
the environmental quality of our communities?
Call SSCW at 978-741-7900 for more information or email info@salemsound.org.
To read the draft North Coastal Watershed 5-year Action Plan,
visit www.northcoastal.net/ncw.
FEBRUARY
February
24, Tuesday
Marine Invasive
Species in Massachusetts: What They Are, How They Get Here, and What We are
Doing to Keep Them Out.
Threats from
marine invasive species are receiving increased attention from scientists
and environmental managers in the United States and across the globe. These
nonindigenous, or non-native species are introduced to new waters by a variety
of possible transport mechanisms, including ballast water from commercial
ships, the aquaculture and seafood industry, the pet trade, and many other
pathways. Because they have no natural predators in their new environments,
many of these species can quickly spread out of control.
While the highest profile invasions in the US have occurred in the Great Lakes
region (zebra mussel) and the west coast (Chinese mitten crab), New England
has also seen the impacts of numerous marine invaders. The European green
crab has dramatically altered coastal habitats in Massachusetts, and the green
algae Codium fragile is washing up in such large quantities on Cape Cod beaches
that town landfills will no longer accept the decomposing material.
Jay Baker from Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management will present
an overview of the marine invasive species issue in Massachusetts including
species of concern, priority transport mechanisms, current impacts, and current
management efforts. The role of local groups in monitoring for these species
will be discussed, along with a regional online mapping system being developed
to track the introduction and spread of these species. The presentation will
conclude with a discussion of steps that can be taken at the local level to
minimize the introduction and spread of invasive species.
Salem Sound Coastwatch has a Coastal Habitat Marine Invasive
Monitoring Program enlisting trained volunteers to monitor the presence
of marine invasive species on docks, pilings, rocky shoreline, saltmarsh creeks,
and tidepools.
Call SSCW at 978-741-7900 for more information or email info@salemsound.org.
February
25 , Wednesday
Public Input Session:
Drafting
the North Coastal Watershed 5-year Action Plan
Salem Sound
and its watershed communities ( Manchester, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem,
Marblehead) are part of the North Coastal Watershed. Do you have water or
open space issues you are concerned about in your town? Come be heard! What
actions do you think need to be undertaken over the next 5 years to improve
the environmental quality of our communities?
Call SSCW at 978-741-7900 for more information or email info@salemsound.org.
To read the draft North Coastal Watershed 5-year Action Plan,
visit www.northcoastal.net/ncw.
MARCH
March 24,
Wednesday
Submerged History:
Underwater in Massachusetts Archaeology
As director of the Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, the state agency charged with protecting our underwater cultural heritage, Victor Mastone knows first hand what lies at the bottom of the Massachusetts' coastal and inland waters. There is more to be seen than shipwrecks. It is not often the public gets to see and learn about these underwater treasures.
Come a little early (7:00PM) and visit PEM’s Shorelines exhibit, an interactive, multimedia adventure into how different cultures relate to the sea. Shorelines is an outgrowth of the New Trade Winds project, a collaboration among cultural institutions in New England, Alaska and Hawai’i
Call SSCW at 978-741-7900
for more information or email info@salemsound.org.
Everyone is welcome. No admission charge. Pre-registration is not required.
Co-sponsored with the Peabody Essex Museum
March 27, Saturday
Ducks of the Salem
Sound Watershed
9:00 AM - Noon
Meeting Place: Parking lot behind Manchester Town Hall
During this
field trip, Rob Gough, Salem Sound Coastwatch's Director and avid birder,
will introduce participants to many of the dozens of species of ducks that
can be found within the watershed as we explore some of the region's diverse
habitat types. We'll discuss tips for sorting out the identification of these
various ducks, their habitat requirements, and amazing adaptations.
Program is limited to the first 15 registrants.
For more information or to register, call SSCW at 978-741-7900 for more information
or email info@salemsound.org.
Fee: members: Free; Nonmembers: $10 donation requested.
APRIL
April 3,
Saturday
Field Training Workshop:
Marine Invasives Species Identification and Survey Techniques
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Place: Lynch Park in Beverly MA (Rain/Snow Date: May 8th)
Salem Sound Coastwatch's Coastal Habitat Marine Invasive Monitoring Program enlists trained volunteers to monitor the presence of marine invasive species on docks, pilings, rocky shoreline, saltmarsh creeks, and tidepools. Please join us in the effort to better understand invasive species locally by participating in our monitoring program. During these workshops, scientists from Massachusetts Audubon Society and Salem Sound Coastwatch will present information on invasive species identification and survey techniques, as well as background information on the pathways of introduction and the goals and structure of this monitoring program.
Workshops are
free, but there is an expectation that workshop participants will become monitors
in the field . To register, please call Salem Sound Coastwatch:
978-741-7900 or email info@salemsound.org.
April 12,
Wednesday
4th Annual Earth
Day Event
Salem State College, Salem MA
Sponsored by Salem State College and Heathlink. A day of information and activities
in honor of Earth Day, this event will include speakers, presenters and more.
April 22, Thursday
Earth Day
Make it an Earth day to remember.
Pick up the phone and call SSCW at 978-741-7900 to find out about environmental
volunteer opportunities in your neighborhood or join us in Beverly on Saturday.
April 23, Friday evening
Benefit Gathering
of Environmentalists for a Healthier and Greener Salem
co-sponsored by Salem Sound Coastwatch, Salem Alliance for
the Environment, and Friends of Salem Woods
$15 Donation per person or $100 for a table of 8
7:30 - 11:00 PM
Upstairs at the Lyceum
Music by the Austin Torpedoes - cash bar - dancing
Everyone welcome.
Three environmental groups from Salem are co-sponsoring a FUN-raiser, FUND-raiser, Friend-raiser at the Lyceum. We'll have a great R&B band, snacks and cash bar. Come help us make this first Salem party a HUGE SUCCESS!!
Tickets at the door or call SSCW at 978-741-7900.
April 24, Saturday
Earth Day at the
Common and Beverly Beach Cleanup
Salem Sound Coastwatch will join Beverly Main Streets
in celebrating Earth Day in Beverly by organizing a morning beach cleanup
at Dane Street Beach and an afternoon marine invasives exhibit and display
on the Common.
Hope to see you there.
Dane
Street Beach Sweep 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Activities on the Beverly Common
12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM
Rain Date: April 25th same times
MAY
May 1, Saturday
Field Training Workshop:
Marine Invasives Species Identification and Survey Techniques
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Meeting Place: Beverly Public Pier / Old Ferry Public Landing, Beverly MA
(Rain/Snow Date: May 8th)
Salem Sound Coastwatch's Coastal Habitat Marine Invasive Monitoring Program enlists trained volunteers to monitor the presence of marine invasive species on docks, pilings, rocky shoreline, saltmarsh creeks, and tidepools. Please join us in the effort to better understand invasive species locally by participating in our monitoring program. During these workshops, scientists from Massachusetts Audubon Society and Salem Sound Coastwatch will present information on invasive species identification and survey techniques, as well as background information on the pathways of introduction and the goals and structure of this monitoring program.
Workshops are
free, but there is an expectation that workshop participants will become monitors
in the field . To register, please call Salem Sound Coastwatch:
978-741-7900 or email info@salemsound.org
2nd
Annual SSCW North River Awareness Week
May 9-15, 2004
Salem Sound Coastwatch is again sponsoring this week-long series of community
events and presentations in celebration of the North River -- a river in recovery!
For more information about the events below or a complete schedule, please
call 978-741-7900.
PLEASE JOIN US for these fun (and free), informative, mid-day
"lunch & learn" events during this week:
May
11, Tuesday
North River
Awareness WALK
NOON - 12:30 PM
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 Rob Gough, Salem Sound Coastwatch Director, for a brief 'walk and talk' along the banks of the North River Canal. An overview of the key environmental issues that the river is facing will be presented (pointing out examples as we see them), as well as a discussion of the the river's role within the environmental (and human) community. 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 -- just show up at the park at noon.
May 14, Friday
North River
Fish Sampling Demonstration
NOON - 12:30 PM
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 26
Clean Beaches and
Streams Orientation and Training
6:00 PM -
7:15 PM
Salem Sound Coastwatch's Office
201 Washington Street Suite 9, Salem MA
Contribute to the protection of the water quality of Salem Sound
and its surrounding communities by collecting water samples from designated
coastal sites from June through September. The orientation will include an
overview of the program, description of volunteer duties, and a training demonstration.
Samples will be collected early in the morning every other Tuesday, beginning
June 8th.
We need your help! Please call us at 978-741-7900 to become a monitor.
To read more about this program.
JUNE
June 7, Monday
North Shore Environmental
Justice Forum
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Salem Senior Center, 5 Broad Street, Salem MA
The Environmental Justice Bill, sponsored by Sen. Jarrett Barrios
and Rep. David Sullivan, is currently making its way through the legislature.
This evening will be an educational forum defining environmental justice,
discussing how environmental issues are connected to our neighborhoods, and
presenting the challenges and importance of the EJ policy to our communities.
June 9, Wednesday
Summer of Salt Marsh
Monitoring Kickoff Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Beverly Public Library (downstairs) 32 Essex St, Beverly MA (directions)
For the last five years, SSCW with the help of dedicated volunteers has used the Wetland Habitat Assessment Toolbox (WHAT) to monitor six salt marsh systems. Come hear what the monitoring results tell us about tidally restricted salt marshes, in particular, post-restoration changes at the Great Neck salt marsh, Ipswich and the pre-restoration analysis for Eastern Point, Gloucester. We will cover WHAT monitoring plans for Gloucester this summer and our new involvement with CZM scientists to conduct a rapid assessment of salt marshes in the Salem Sound. Come learn so that you can join us out on the marshes this summer.
June 17,
Thursday
Registration Deadline
for Salem Sound Fishing Derby
Registration Forms must be received by 5:00 PM, Thursday June
17th.
Register now for Salem Sound
Coastwatch's 1st Annual Salem Sound Fishing Derby. Registration form is available online or at event sponsors.
June 19 to
July 3
1st Annual Salem
Sound Fishing Derby
Let's go FISHING in SALEM SOUND from the shore or a boat for Striped Bass, Bluefish and Winter Flounder! This Fishing Derby is open to people of all ages. All sorts of prizes whether you catch a fish or not, as long as you register by June 17th. Check it out and register today. Call us at 978-741-7900 or email us if you have questions.
JULY
July 13,
Tuesday
Salt
Marsh Rapid Assessment Training Workshop
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Call for workshop location and to sign up.
Become part of a team this summer to survey the salt marshes of Salem Sound Watershed. Coastal Zone Management scientist, Bruce Carlisle, will provide training in rapid assessment methods, which will include determining vegetative communities, soil compaction, landuse disturbance, and geomorphic setting.
July 17,
Saturday
Salem
Maritime Festival
Awarding of Salem Sound Fishing Derby PRIZES
SEPTEMBER
September
18, Saturday
COASTSWEEP - Help us CLEAN our shoreline
9:00AM
Join a Salem Sound Coastwatch Clean-up Coordinator at one of the following
beaches on Saturday morning:
in SALEM - Forest River Park, Collins Cove Beach, Dead Horse Beach, Willows Pier Beach, Juniper Beach, and Steps Beach. (Rain Date: October 2nd)
in MARBLEHEAD - Castle Rock (Rain Date: October 2nd)
in
BEVERLY - Dane Street Beach STARTING at 10:00AM
(Rain Date: September 25th)
Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW) invites you to join us and other
community volunteers for the 17th year of COASTSWEEP. We will have trash bags
and gloves ready for anyone who wants to join in the cleanup. The beach cleanup
coordinators cannot do it alone so pick a place and join us Saturday morning
to make our local shoreline cleaner. If you have questions, contact Barbara
Warren at 978-741-7900 or just show up. Hope you can join us.
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.
Sepember
25, Saturday
Rain Date for Dane
Street Beach COASTSWEEP in Beverly-
Help us CLEAN our shoreline - 10:30AM.
OCTOBER
October
2, Saturday
COASTSWEEP
- Help
us CLEAN our shoreline
9:00AM
Join a Sound Coastwatch Clean-up Coordinator at one of the following beaches
on Saturday morning:
in SALEM - Forest River Park, Collins Cove Beach, Dead Horse Beach, Willows Pier Beach, Juniper Beach, and Steps Beach.
in MARBLEHEAD - Castle Rock
Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW) invites you to join us and other
community volunteers for the 17th year of COASTSWEEP. We will have trash bags
and gloves ready for anyone who wants to join in the cleanup. The beach cleanup
coordinators cannot do it alone so pick a place and join us Saturday morning
to make our local shoreline cleaner. If you have questions, contact Barbara
Warren at 978-741-7900 or just show up. Hope you can join us.
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
8, Friday
"Manchester
Waterviews"
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHBIT AND CONTEST
* Opening Reception * 6:30 - 8:30
Manchester Historical Society
10 Union Street, Manchester
Sponsored by the Manchester Coastal Stream Team
November 10, Wednesday - 8:30AM
- 3:00PM
Wetlands: protecting, restoring and
delineating
Space is limited so please download and complete the Registration
Form.
8:30-9:00 AM - Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 AM -- Ambiguity in Dealing with the Wetlands Protection Act
Presenter: Gillian Davies
10:45 - 12:15 PM -- An Assessment of Wetlands Restoration Projects
Presenter: Ingeborg Hegemann
12:15 - 1:15 PM-- Lunch
(on your own with a variety of lunch possibilities within walking distance)
1:15 - 3:00 -- A Wetlands Delineation at Salem Woods
Presenter: Greg Sampson
November 18, Thursday
Volunteer and Member Appreciation
Night / Annual Meeting
Guest Speaker: Andrew Martinez
local diver, photographer,
and author of Marine
Life Of The North Atlantic.
To
learn more about Andy, check out his website.
6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Salem Maritime Visitors Center
Directions: Essex Street across from the
Peabody Essex Museum.
Plenty of easy parking at the Essex Street Mall Parking Garage and parking
lots at Church Street.
Everyone is welcome.
Free of charge. RSVP requested but not required.
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