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It's Party Time!
Friday, May 16 ------- 7:30 pm to Midnight

Hawthorne Hotel Ballroom in Salem

Join us at our 4th Annual “Keeping the Earth SAFE & SOUND” Benefit party. Back by popular demand, the renown band “A Patch of Blue” will be playing live music. There will be dancing, a silent auction with great items, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Ten percent discount with ticket at Hawthorne Hotel restaurants this evening.

Tickets are only $15 or 10 for $125.
Available online
by calling our office at 978-741-7900
or at the door

This is a wonderful event to meet new people, find out about environmental activities, and support Salem Sound Coastwatch and Salem Alliance For the Enivronment (SAFE). Posters for the evening: Patch of Blue and SAFE and SOUND
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North River Awareness Week - May 4 - 10
Activities throughout the week to build awareness and promote the recovery of this once degraded river! Check the calendar for details.

Spring Pond Clean up was cancelled due to rain will be rescheduled in June.

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GREENSCAPES 2008
Salem Sound Coastwatch in cooperation with its many partners to bring you knowledge on how to have environmentally-friendly lawns and yards that are safe, attractive, save money on water bills and keep our coastal waters cleaner.

Please join us at our four free Greenscapes workshops this May.
If you live in one of the fifteen communities who have partnered with us, be on the lookout for the Greenscapes Guide that is being mailed to single family homes around May 1st or look for a copy at your City or Town Hall.

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.

Salem Sound No Discharge Designation (NDA) Application
Salem Sound Coastwatch submitted a NDA application on behalf of the Salem Sound Harbormasters and the five communities: Marblehead, Salem, Danvers, Beverly and Machester-by-the-Sea, to MA Coastal Zone Management. The application is currently before EPA Region 1. Contact us for more info.

We will continue to work on increasing boater awareness of pump-out facilities in our region and expanding these services.
Salem Sound Pump-out Chart
(7.5 MB PDF)
and Pumpout Services (36KB PDF).
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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Check out the water quality in Salem Sound. Results from our 2007 Clean Beaches & Streams Program are posted and there is a link to beach conditions. We will be planning this summer's monitoring soon. Let us know if you want to volunteer to take biweekly water samples.



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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.

Chinese Mitten Crab ALERT!!
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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.


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