What's New - Salem Sound Coastwatch

What's New? ______________________________________________________________ Barbara Warren, SSCW Executive Director, will be the recipient of an EPA New England Enivronmental Merit Award. The Award Ceremony is April 18th from 10:00am to Noon at Faneuil Hall in Boston. ______________________________________________________________ Spring/Summer 2007 Newsletter is available in PDF format. ______________________________________________________________ The concept plan for the development of a South River Park at 15 Peabody Street, Salem is available in PDF format. ______________________________________________________________ Our Swim & Fin OceanFest was a HUGE SUCCESS thanks to the great swimmers, the many volunteers and contributors, the City of Salem and the event sponsors: Beverly Cooperative Bank, North Shore Medical Center and Salem Five Bank. What a Fantastic Way to Celebrate our SUCCESS in cleaning up SALEM SOUND. Hope you will join us next summer. Check out the pictures of the day at www.swimandfin.org . ______________________________________________________________ A Great BIG THANK YOU to ALL who helped us celebrate Earth Day and supported our work at our Benefit Party - Keeping the Earth SAFE and SOUND. ______________________________________________________________ For an overview of last year's activities, see our 2006 Year In Review. Michael Medlock receives Volunteer Service Award from Salem Sound Coastwatch for his commitment and hard work to make the Swim & Fin Ocean Fest a reality. ______________________________________________________________ Coastwatch continues to work the "Top 5 Tasks for Salem Sound Watershed" that were highlighted in the Boston Sunday Globe North, November 14, 2004. _______________________________________________________________
Salem Sound Coastwatch receives Gulf of Maine Visionary Award and commendations from the City of Salem's Mayor Stanley Usovicz, and Senator Berry, and Salem Representative John Keenan ._____________________________________________________________ The Marine Resources of Salem Sound, 1997 Technical Report TR-6, MA DMF, DFWELE, EOEA by Bardford C. Chase, Jeffrey H. Plouff, and Wayne M. Castonguay is now available in PDF format. A wealth of information on Salem Sound, worth reading! ________________________________________________________________
South Essex Sewerage District Wastewater Treatment Facility in Salem was awarded by EPA New England an "Operations and Maintenance Wastewater Excellence Award" in the large secondary plant category.
We have just made an extensive addition to our website with the Marine Introduced Species Monitoring Resource Center. Developed by Salem Sound Coastwatch through funding from Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, it provides a wealth of information necessary for volunteers to become MIS monitors or for volunteer coordinators to initiate a monitoring program. Also, check out our monitoring manual available in a downloadable PDF, A Citizen's Guide to Monitoring Marine Invasive Species and our new Laminated ID Cards Guide to Marine Invaders in the Gulf of Maine. ________________________________________________________________