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Upcoming Race for Salem Sound

Coastal 5K Run for the Beach
Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 10 am start
Lynch Park, Beverly, MA


Swim & Fin 5th Annual Salem Harbor Open Water Swim - Aug. 28th

2010 Swim&Fin Race Results and Link to the race video by Michael Gobrech
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Check calendar for more September events

Trails and Sails - trips with Salem Sound Coastwatch Sunday 9/19
12:30 “Salt Marsh in the City” and 2:00 West Beach Tidepooling!

Coastsweep Kickoff - Saturday, 9/25, at 9:30am

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SSCW’s 20th Anniversary 1990 - 2010

Wanted: 200 Volunteers

Assignment: To commemorate SSCW’s 20th Anniversary,
make a $20 donation to SSCW.
Your gift will be put to work making a cleaner and healthier environment,
right here at home. You can make a difference.

20 years. $20. 200 gifts.
Your chance to be part of the solution.

Click here to make a secure online donation.
or send a check to
SSCW at 201 Washington St, Suite 9, Salem, MA 01970.

To celebrate our 20th year,
we have introduced our
Adopt a Beach program
and are organizing monthly special activities.
Sign up for our e-newsletter to find out the lastest events.

ADOPT a BEACH

We are recruiting teams of community volunteers to serve as “beachkeepers.”
Beachkeepers are trained to identify and monitor sources of contamination,
identify invasive species, observe conditions such as erosion and sedimentation,
and clean up trash and debris at their adopted beach on a year-round basis.

We have already held three training sessions for 144 beachkeepers.
If you want to adopt a beach, join a team, be trained
send us an email to info@salemsound.org.
To learn more about the program and to volunteer.

Additional informational and training sessions will be planned as needed.

The development of this program has been funded in part by the
Massachusetts Environmental Trust, which receives much of its funding from motorists
who choose to purchase speciality "Trust plates", such as the Northern Right Whale,
Leaping Brook Trout and Blackstone Valley Mill.
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Our programs and the environmental improvements in Salem Sound
are made possible by member support and contributions.


BECOME A MEMBER
- MAKE A DONATION
- GIFT MEMBERSHIP online



Thanks to all our members, corporate sponsors, and funders.

Become a group member of "Salem Sound Coastwatch" on Facebook!
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Stormwater runoff is a major source of pollution to Salem Sound.
New Federal and State stormwater management requirements will soon be in place.
SSCW co-sponored a workshop for municipalities to learn about a
Stormwater Utility, an innovative way to fund stormwater program.
Learn more about stormwater, the regulations and Stormwater Utility!
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GREENSCAPES - Learn about environmentally-friendly landscaping!
Salem Sound Coastwatch in cooperation with its many partners provides information
on how to have environmentally-friendly lawns and yards that are safe, attractive, save money on water bills and keep our coastal waters cleaner.

For more, check out our Greenscapes webpage and the Massachusetts Greenscapes.org
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Learn more about Ocean Acidification and what you can do!

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Eelgrass -one of the largest eelgrass meadows in Massachusetts
is right here in Salem Sound. Learn why this is so important!

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Salem Sound IS a NDA ( No Discharge Area) as of June 23, 2008.
Salem Sound Coastwatch is pleased to have worked on behalf of Salem Sound, the Salem Sound Harbormasters and the five communities: Marblehead, Salem, Danvers, Beverly and Machester-by-the-Sea, to have the state of Massachusetts and EPA Region 1 designate Salem Sound as an area where boaters with MSD Type I & II (marine sanitation device - heads) can no longer dump within 3 miles of shore.

Resources for Boaters
Salem Sound NDA Poster: what boaters need to know and chart of Salem Sound NDA boundaries
(96 kB PDF)

Pumpout Services (hours and phone numbers) (36 KB PDF)
Map of No Discharge Areas in MA, RI, NH as of 2/17/2009 (710 KB PDF).


We continue to work on increasing boater awareness of pump-out facilities in our region and expanding these services.
The Salem Sound Working Group has also begun implementation of recommendations from the SSCW Marine Sanitation Needs Assessment.
To Learn more...

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Citizens Monitoring for Marine Invasive Species:
SSCW is conducting on-going research on Marine Invading Species. Check out our
Marine Introduced Species Resource Center

and
our Coastal Habitat Invasive Monitoring Program.
SSCW is working with the international SETL-project to study marine fouling communities in
Salem Sound. SETL's goal is to gather data from temperate regions around the world.
To get involved, send us an email.


Chinese Mitten Crab ALERT!!
40 in New Jersey alone and more are being found in the Hudson River, New York!
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Become a member and volunteer. Learn how you can support and participate in environmental monitoring and scientific research in the Salem Sound Watershed.


Salem Sound Coastwatch
is a non-profit coastal watershed association that works with government agencies, businesses, other nonprofit organizations and citizens from the communities of Manchester, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem, and Marblehead, Massachusetts. We are dedicated to taking cooperative action to protect and enhance the environmental quality of the Salem Sound Watershed.  More about us...
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When we look across Salem Sound, we see rich possibilities. We envision a time when the region's citizens once again feel connected to the ebb and flow of our harbors and tidal rivers.
- excerpt from Salem Sound Coastwatch's Vision Statement
Everything that enters the drains of your house or the storm drains on your street eventually makes it into Salem Sound. That includes items such as household chemicals and waste.
You can make a difference in Salem Sound!
     

Salem Sound Coastwatch
201 Washington Street, Suite 9  Salem, Massachusetts 01970 | 978-741-7900