CoastSweep
- Join us Saturday September 20
9:00am
for some coastal clean ups at
Dead
Horse Beach, Memorial Drive, Salem Willows or
Furlong
Park, Franklin Street, Salem
We
are also going out to Coney Island on Monday to pick up trash.
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Summer
monitoring was successfully completed. Thanks to our many volunteers.
Check out our programs and results.
Clean
Beaches and Streams Program
Wetland HabitatAssessment Toolbox
Coastal Habitat Invasive Species Program
Let us know if you want to volunteer.
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Chinese
Mitten Crab ALERT!!
19 to date. New locations in New Jersey and New York!
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Our
Third Annual Swim & Fin OceanFest
RACE RESULTS and PHOTOS
ARE POSTED
swim
results - kayak
results
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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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 NDA boundaries
(96 kB PDF)
Pumpout
Services (hours and phone numbers) (36 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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GREENSCAPES
2008
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.
The
Greenscapes Guides
were mailed in
May
to
the single family homes in our fifteen participating
communities. You may also pick up a copy at one of these
City or Town Halls.
Also,
receive a 15 % discount on the 23
Greenscapes-Recommended plants when you mention Greenscapes
at the following participating nurseries
and stores.
For more, check out the Greenscapes
Massachusetts website.
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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 and Cape
Ann. SETL's goal is to gather data from temperate regions around
the world.
To get involved, send us an email.
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BECOME A MEMBER
- MAKE
A DONATION
- GIFT MEMBERSHIP online
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Call
or email us
to join a Forest River Stream
Team or our North
River and its Peabody Tributaries Stream Teams.
Designing
Peabody Street park along the South River -
Final Report
Thanks
to all our members, corporate sponsors, and funders.
Become a member and volunteer.
Learn how you can support and participate in environmental monitoring
and scientific research in the Salem Sound Watershed. | 
