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<p class=CZ-Mail><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"><b><font size=6
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>CZ-MAIL<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>December 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Welcome
to CZ-Mail, the monthly electronic newsletter from the Massachusetts Office of
Coastal Zone Management (CZM). Each issue provides information on major CZM
initiatives, available tools and publications, upcoming workshops and events,
grants, contracting opportunities, job openings, coastal legislation, and other
news of interest to people working on coastal issues. Additional information
about CZM's programs, publications, and other coastal topics can be found on
the </span></font><a href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/"
title="http://www.mass.gov/czm/">CZM website</a>. Please feel free to share
CZ-Mail with colleagues and friends—and if you have any suggestions for
future editions, would like your name added to the mailing list, or would like
your name removed, please email your request to <a
href="mailto:CZ-Mail@state.ma.us?subject=December%202008%20CZ-mail%20Request">CZ-Mail@state.ma.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Ocean Planning Process Continues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In
November, the public input process for the development of the ocean management
plan continued with Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)
holding meetings with various organizations and interest groups. Information
from these sessions is being compiled to help develop the baseline
understanding of activities, uses, and issues in the ocean management planning
area, and to inform the development of plan principles (the goals of the plan).
Additionally, on November 12, members of Ocean Advisory Commission and Science
Advisory Council participated in an ocean planning workshop, which included
presentations on the background to ocean planning in Massachusetts, examples of
ocean planning activities elsewhere, and discussion of related subjects, such
as marine spatial planning and use and resource compatibility analysis. For
more on the ocean planning process, see EEA's Massachusetts Ocean Plan website.
To receive periodic updates, send an email to </span></font><a
href="mailto:join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us">join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us</a>.
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Please note: CZ-Mail subscribers will no
longer be automatically receiving these Ocean Planning Alerts. So if you would
like to continue to receive them, please email </span></i><a
href="mailto:join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us</span></i></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>COASTSWEEP 2008 Results<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
year, COASTSWEEP celebrated its 21<sup>st</sup> anniversary. Part of an
international effort organized by the Ocean Conservancy, COASTSWEEP is the
statewide annual beach cleanup sponsored by CZM and the Urban Harbors Institute
(UHI) of UMass Boston. On September 20, CZM Director Leslie-Ann McGee welcomed
more than 200 dedicated volunteers to kick off COASTSWEEP 2008 at the Salisbury
Beach State Reservation. Throughout the fall, 2,900 COASTSWEEP volunteers
cleaned more than 130 miles of coastline, river bank, marsh, seafloor, and
lakeshore sites in Massachusetts—collecting 18,000 pounds of debris from
100 locations. CZM and UHI would like to thank all of the dedicated volunteers
that participated in COASTSWEEP 2008. For more information about this year's
efforts, see the </span></font><a href="http://www.coastsweep.umb.edu/">COASTSWEEP
website</a>. If you are interested in getting involved in future COASTSWEEP
cleanups, email <a href="mailto:coastsweep@umb.edu?subject=COASTSWEEP%202009">coastsweep@umb.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Massachusetts CELCP Project Gains High Ranking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In
November, the <span class=CZ-MailParagraphChar1><font face=Arial>National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the prioritized list of
projects for </font></span>Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) funding for the </span></font><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/celcp/index.htm">Coastal and Estuarine Land
Conservation Program</a> (CELCP). The Great Neck Conservation Partnership
Project in Wareham, nominated by Massachusetts, is ranked third nationally out
of 54 projects. This high ranking does not guarantee funding, but the project
is in a very good position to receive more than $2 million of NOAA CELCP funds.
CZM worked closely with the other project partners including, the Department of
Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Mass Audubon, Wareham Land Trust, Coalition
for Buzzards Bay, and the town of Wareham, to develop the
application/nomination package for NOAA. The CELCP funding would be used to
purchase a conservation easement on a key 95-acre parcel, helping to protect
more than 260 acres of contiguous critical habitat and pristine coastal
resources on Buzzards Bay.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>CZM Director featured on Chronicle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On
December 1, CZM Director Leslie-Ann McGee was featured on <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Chronicle</span></i>, the daily news magazine on
Channel 5, in a story about invasive species in New England. The episode,
“Spreading info, not invasives,” features the troubling invasive
tunicate, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Didemnum vexillum</span></i>,
which was first discovered in the Gulf of Maine in the late 1980s and has since
rapidly colonized many nearshore and offshore areas, including portions of
Georges Bank. With no known predators, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Didemnum</span></i>
has the potential to overgrow other marine organisms and smother critical
habitat. Leslie-Ann highlighted the efforts of CZM’s </span></font><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/index.htm"
title="http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/index.htm">Aquatic Invasive Species
program</a> to develop early detection, monitoring, and rapid response
capabilities, including the volunteer-based <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/monitor/mimic.htm"
title="http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/monitor/mimic.htm">Marine Invader
Monitoring and Information Collaborative</a>. For a summary of the episode, see
the <a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/chronicle/18144795/detail.html"
title="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/chronicle/18144795/detail.html"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Chronicle</span></i></a> website.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Secretary Bowles Celebrates Waquoit Bay Anniversary and South Cape
Beach Project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On
October 24, the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR) and
DCR hosted an event to celebrate WBNERR’s 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary,
the salt marsh restoration at South Cape Beach State Park completed this past
spring, and a recent land acquisition. Energy and Environmental Affairs
Secretary Ian Bowles, returning to his hometown of Falmouth, presented the
event’s keynote address. CZM’s </span></font><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/wrp/index.htm">Wetlands Restoration Program</a>
(WRP) was instrumental in assisting with the salt marsh restoration. After the
main speaking event, CZM and WBNERR staff provided a tour of the restoration
site to attendees, describing where two culverts were replaced to improve tidal
exchange to 15 acres of marsh. Additional restoration <span
class=CZ-MailParagraphChar1><font face=Arial>project partners included NOAA,
the Corporate Wetlands</font></span> Restoration Partnership, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS)/National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Partnership, and
the town of Mashpee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Newman Road Salt Marsh Restoration Project Receives Funding<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CZM’s
Wetlands Restoration Program, working with the Essex County Greenbelt
Association, has secured funding from the FWS North American Waterfowl
Conservation Act grant program to restore the 33-acre Newman Road salt marsh in
Newbury. The town was awarded $400,000 to replace an old, dysfunctional culvert
with a new six-foot by twelve-foot box culvert to improve tidal flow and drainage.
An additional $600,000 will go to Greenbelt to complete important land
acquisitions in Essex and Ipswich. The Newman Road Salt Marsh Restoration is a </span></font><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/wrp/projects_pages/priority_projects.htm">WRP
priority project</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Coastal States Organization Releases Consensus CZMA Reauthorization<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In
October at the 38<sup>th</sup> Annual Membership Meeting, the </span></font><a
href="http://www.coastalstates.org/">Coastal States Organization</a> (CSO)
agreed to a consensus version of a reauthorized Coastal Zone Management Act
(CZMA). This version is based on the joint NOAA/CSO visioning process and
direct input from the CSO members representing the 35 coastal state,
commonwealth, and territory programs. For more than 30 years, CZMA has provided
coastal states with resources and legal tools to protect and restore valuable
habitat, provide public access to coastal waters, guide coastal development,
and promote citizen stewardship of coastal resources. Coastal states face new
and increasingly complex social, environmental, technological, and governance
challenges—including impacts from climate change; increasing pressures to
develop in high risk areas and valuable habitats; wind, wave, and tidal energy
development; and the need to maintain the infrastructure of the nation's ports.
Successful management of the nation's coasts requires a commitment among all
levels of government, to cooperate and integrate programs and activities to
meet national objectives, to leverage financial and technical resources, and to
engage non-governmental organizations, interest groups, business leaders, and
the public. CSO staff will work with the incoming Obama Administration and 111<sup>th</sup>
Congress to forward the CZMA reauthorization during the next legislative
session.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Grants/Funding Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Coastal Pollutant Remediation Grants</span></font></i></b></span>
- CZM is seeking proposals for the <a href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/cprgp.htm">Coastal
Pollutant Remediation Grant Program</a> (CPR). For FY09, the CPR program will
provide up to $345,000 to municipalities located in the <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/twnscws.htm">Massachusetts coastal watersheds</a>
to assess and remediate stormwater pollution from paved surfaces and to design
and install boat-waste pumpout facilities. Up to $125,000 may be requested, and
a 25 percent match of the total project cost is required. To view the Request
for Responses (RFR), visit the <a href="http://www.comm-pass.com/">Comm-PASS
website</a> and search for solicitation number "ENV 09 CZM 03." For
more information, contact Jay Baker at <a href="mailto:jason.baker@state.ma.us">jason.baker@state.ma.us</a>.
Applications are due by January 9, 2009, and projects must be completed by June
30, 2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Funding for Habitat Management on
Private Lands</span></font></i></b></span> - MassWildlife's <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/grants/lip/lip_home.htm">Landowner
Incentive Program</a> (LIP) is seeking competitive grant proposals from
individual landowners, land trusts, sportsmen's clubs, farmland owners, and
other conservation organizations for the restoration or creation of wildlife
habitat for the benefit of species-at-risk on private lands. To view the RFR,
visit the <a href="http://www.comm-pass.com/">Comm-PASS website</a> and search
for document number "FWELP-2009-001." Applications are due by
December 19.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Environmental Education Grants</span></font></i></b></span>
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking application for <a
href="http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html">Environmental Education Grants</a>
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>for environmental education
projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable
and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. Proposals are due by December
18.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Clean Boating Grants</span></font></i></b></span>
- The BoatU.S. Foundation is seeking applications from volunteer and nonprofit
organizations for the 2009 <a
href="http://www.boatus.com/foundation/cleanwater/grants/">Clean Water Grants</a>,
which support clean boating education efforts. Applications are due by February
2, 2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Reminder</span></font></i></b></span>
- These opportunities listed in the last CZ-Mail are still available:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>Water Quality Management Planning Program Grants</font></i></b></span>
- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is seeking
proposals for the FY 2009 Federal §604(b) Water Quality Management Planning
Program Grants. The priority watersheds for 2009 include: Deerfield, Millers,
Ipswich, Buzzards Bay, Islands, <st1:City w:st="on">Farmington</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Westfield</st1:City>, SuAsCo, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taunton</st1:place></st1:City>,
and South Coastal basins. To view the RFR, visit the <a
href="http://www.comm-pass.com/">Comm-PASS website</a> and search for solicitation
number "BRP 2008-05." Project Summaries for previously funded
projects are available on the <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/grants.htm#sums">MassDEP website</a>.
Applications are due by December 12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>North Atlantic Regional Cooperative Institute</font></i></b></span>
- NOAA and National Marine Fisheries Service are seeking applications for the
establishment of a cooperative institute that will focus on the themes of
ecosystem forecasting, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem management, protection
and restoration of resources, sustained ocean observations, and climate
research. For details, see the <a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-23654.htm">Federal Register notice</a>.
Proposals are due by January 5, 2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>National Coastal and Estuarine Research and Technology Program</font></i></b></span>
- NOAA is re-soliciting proposals for the National Coastal and Estuarine
Research and Technology Program to fund targeted, multidisciplinary,
collaborative research on the impacts of human activities on coasts and
estuaries and develop, demonstrate, and apply tools and technologies that can
be used to detect, prevent, or reverse impacts. For details, see the <a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25578.htm">Federal Register notice</a>.
Proposals are due by December 8.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></i></b></span><![endif]><span
class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font face=Arial>Research and Mentoring Experiences for
Teachers</font></i></b></span> - The University of Rhode Island's Office of
Marine Programs is seeking applicants for the <a
href="http://www.armadaproject.org/overview.htm">ARMADA Project—Research
and Mentoring Experiences for Teachers</a>. The ARMADA Project provides K-12
teachers an opportunity to participate in ocean, polar, and environmental
science research, as well as peer mentoring. Applications are due by February
9, 2009.<span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-weight:
normal;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></span></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Products/Publications<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Climate Change Report</span></font></i></b></span>
- The Coastal States Organization (CSO) Climate Change Work Group has released
a second annual report on climate change. <a
href="http://www.coastalstates.org/uploads/PDFs/CSO%202008%20Climate%20Change%20Report.pdf"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Role of Coastal Zone Management Programs in Adaptation
to Climate Change</span></i></a> (PDF, 732 KB) details results from the 2008
survey of state coastal programs to obtain up-to-date information on the status
of state coastal program efforts to address and adapt to climate change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ocean Survey Report</span></font></i></b></span>
- EPA has released a report that summarizes the surveys completed by the Ocean
Survey Vessel (OSV) <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Bold,</span></i>
EPA’s coastal and ocean monitoring and assessment vessel. The <a
href="http://www.epa.gov/owow/osvbold/"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>OSV
Bold 2007 Annual Report</span></i></a> highlights the vessel’s scientific
capabilities and survey accomplishments; federal, state, and academic
partnerships; and public outreach events during the OSV <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Bold</span></i>’s second year of service.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Coastal Services Magazine</span></font></i></b></span>
- The November/December 2008 issue of <a
href="http://csc.noaa.gov/magazine/2008/06/"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Coastal
Services</span></i></a>, a NOAA Coastal Services Center magazine, is now
available online. This issue features articles about a new flooding observation
and prediction system, beach grooming in California, and smart growth in Mississippi.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative
eNewsletter</span></font></i></b></span> - The <a
href="http://www.gulfofmaine.org/gommi/newsletter/GOMMI_Fall_2008_newsletter.pdf">2008
eNewsletter</a> (PDF, 241 KB) from the Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI)
provides updates on seafloor mapping efforts in the Gulf of Maine region.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marine Protected Areas Framework</span></font></i></b></span>
- NOAA and the U.S. Department of the Interior have released the final <a
href="http://www.mpa.gov/national_system/final_framework_sup.html"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Framework for the National System of Marine Protected
Areas of the United States</span></i></a>. This framework provides
comprehensive national goals and flexible guidance for a variety of
partnerships among federal, state, tribal, and local governments and others to
develop an effective national system of marine protected areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>MassDEP eNewsletter</span></font></i></b></span>
- The Autumn 2008 issue of <a
href="http://mass.gov/dep/public/publications/enews.htm"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>EnviroMatters</span></i></a> from MassDEP is now
available online. This issue features pieces on the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative’s upcoming auction of CO<sub>2</sub> emission allowances,
MassDEP’s new Vehicle Check Inspection Program, and other recent MassDEP
efforts, achievements, news, and updates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Riverways eNewsletter</span></font></i></b></span>
- The November issue of <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/newsletters/newsnotes30.htm">Riverways <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>NewsNotes</span></i></a>, the eNewsletter from the
Massachusetts Riverways Program, is now available online. This edition features
a story on the Red Brook habitat restoration in Plymouth and Wareham. Also
included are items on available grants, upcoming events, online resources, and
publications.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>DMF News</span></font></i></b></span>
- The latest issue of <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/dmfnq1208.pdf"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>DMF News</span></i></a> (PDF, 1.7 MB), the
eNewsletter of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is now
available online. This issue features items on DMF’s new integrated
habitat project, fish passage restoration on the Acushnet and Palmer Rivers,
and public hearing notices and other updates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>EPA Nonpoint News</span></font></i></b></span>
- The November 2008 issue of <a href="http://www.epa.gov/newsnotes/"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Nonpoint Source News-Notes</span></i></a> is now
available online. Nonpoint Source News-Notes is an occasional bulletin from EPA
that focuses on the control of nonpoint sources of water pollution. This issue
features a story on NEMO—the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
program that has been adopted in many states.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marine Protected Area Newsletter</span></font></i></b></span>
- The November 2008 issue of <a
href="http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/MPA102.htm"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>MPA News</span></i></a> is now available and features
articles on the new definition for marine protected areas (MPA), a new MPA
manager certification program, and other MPA news and notes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Reminder</span></font></i></b></span>
- The following CZM publication listed in the last CZ-Mail is still available:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>Freeboard Fact Sheet</font></i></b></span> - CZM’s <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/">StormSmart Coasts program</a> has
released <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/resources/stormsmart_freeboard.pdf"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Raise Your Home, Lower Your Monthly Payments: Protect
buildings and reduce monthly expenses with freeboard</span></i></a> (PDF, 172
KB). Freeboard is the practice of raising a building’s lowest floor above
predicted flood elevations—a cost-effective approach can lead to
substantial reductions in flood insurance premiums, significantly decrease the
chances a home will be damaged by storms and flooding, and help protect against
sea level rise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Websites<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Friends of Herring River Website</span></font></i></b></span>
- The Friends of Herring River is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
promoting the restoration and ongoing environmental vitality of the Herring
River Estuary in Wellfleet and Truro. The new <a
href="http://www.friendsofherringriver.org/">Friends of Herring River website</a>
provides information about the Friends’ initiatives, links to the new
eNewsletter to be launched later this month, and other news and resources. The
Herring River Estuary Restoration is a priority project of CZM’s <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/wrp/projects_pages/priority_projects.htm">Wetlands
Restoration Program</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>South Coast Rail Project EIR/EIS and
Scoping Meetings</span></font></i></b></span> - The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to
evaluate the proposed passenger rail service between Boston and New Bedford and
Fall River. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Public
Works (EOT) has submitted a permit application to fill wetlands during rail
construction. This EIS will be prepared with the intent to also meet the
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) requirements under the Massachusetts
Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). The MEPA review will be conducted
simultaneously with the federal process. For more information, see the <a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25987.htm">Federal Register notice</a>.
Submit USACE comments to <a href="mailto:SCREIS@usace.army.mil">SCREIS@usace.army.mil</a>
and MEPA comments to Aisling Eglington at <a
href="mailto:aisling.eglington@state.ma.us">aisling.eglington@state.ma.us</a>
by January 9, 2009. To help determine the scope of the federal and state
environmental review, USACE and MEPA will hold a public meeting on December 3
in Taunton. For details, see the <a href="http://www.southcoastrail.com/">EOT website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Draft TMDLs for Stormwater Permits
Handbook</span></font></i></b></span> - EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans
and Watersheds (OWOW) and Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) are seeking
comments on the <a href="http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/stormwater/#tmdlresources">Draft
TMDLs to Stormwater Handbook</a>, a technical reference for total maximum daily
loads (TMDL) and stormwater permits. The handbook also provides background
information on the components of these programs, but assumes that the reader
has a working knowledge of both TMDLs and National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System stormwater permits. Submit comments to Christine Ruf at <a
href="mailto:ruf.christine@epa.gov">ruf.christine@epa.gov</a> by February 27,
2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Essential Fish Habitat Lunch Talk</span></font></i></b></span>
- On December 10, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Waterways Group will
hold a brown bag lunch talk at the USACE New England District Office in Concord
on the new Essential Fish Habitat Mitigation In-Lieu Fee Program. Staff from
USACE and DMF will speak about the new program for mitigating impacts to
Essential Fish Habitat in Massachusetts waters. Space is limited and
pre-registration is required. Contact Karen Adams at <a
href="mailto:karen.k.adams@usace.army.mil">karen.k.adams@usace.army.mil</a> by
December 8.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cape Cod Natural History Conference—Request
for Presentations</span></font></i></b></span> - The 14<sup>th</sup> Annual
Cape Cod Natural History Conference will be held on March 14, 2009, at Cape Cod
Community College. Mass Audubon is seeking presentations on diverse natural
history topics, local research projects, and conservation efforts related to
Cape Cod. Contact Melissa Lowe at <a href="mailto:mlowe@massaudubon.org">mlowe@massaudubon.org</a>.
Proposals are due by December 31.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Wastewater Conference</span></font></i></b>
- On January 25-28, 2009, the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA)
will host the <a href="http://www.newea.org/meet.htm#ac09">2009 Annual Conference
& Exhibit</a> in Boston. The NEWEA conference is the largest wastewater
environment conference held in <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place> and
features a large exhibit area with more than 170 vendors. Technical sessions
will focus on industrial waste, collections systems, plant operations,
wetlands, government affairs, hazardous waste, and watershed management.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Marina & Boatyard
Conference</span></font></i></b></span> - On January 25-28, 2009, the <a
href="https://www.marinaassociation.org/imbc/">2009 International Marina &
Boatyard Conference</a> will be held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort
Lauderdale</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>.
This three-day conference will feature educational seminars and more than 130
exhibitors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Conference</span></font></i></b></span> - On February 2-5, 2009, the <a
href="http://www.battelle.org/Conferences/sediments/index.aspx">Fifth
International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments</a> will be
held in Jacksonville, Florida. Presentations will include recent advances in
contaminated sediment characterization, assessment, and monitoring; processes
and modeling; management and policy; and remediation and restoration.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Climate Change Symposium</span></font></i></b></span>
- On February 5, 2009, the New England Aquarium in coordination with the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution will hold a free climate change symposium to
bring business leaders, policy makers, and non-governmental organizations
together to examine the impacts of climate change and acidification on the marine
environment. The symposium is by invitation only. Contact Vickie Cataldo at <a
href="mailto:vcataldo@neaq.org" title="mailto:vcataldo@neaq.org">vcataldo@neaq.org</a>
if you or your organization is interested in attending.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>MACC Conference</span></font></i></b></span>
- On February 28, 2009, the Massachusetts Association of Conservation
Commissions (MACC) will hold the 2009 <a
href="http://www.maccweb.org/edu_aec.html">MACC Annual Environmental Conference</a>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Worcester</st1:place></st1:City>.
Join more than 1000 Conservation Commissioners, local officials, state and
federal officials, consultants, and attorneys for the largest regular
environmental conference in New England.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>New England Estuarine Research
Society—Save the Date</span></font></i></b></span> - On April 2-4, 2009,
the <a href="http://www.neers.org/">New England Estuarine Research Society</a>
(NEERS) will hold its next meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Salem</st1:place></st1:City>.
NEERS is a nonprofit estuarine and coastal research society with a wide range
of members from scientific and management backgrounds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Reminders</span></font></i></b></span>
- The following calendar items, posted in the last CZ-Mail, are still to come:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>Massachusetts Smart Growth/Smart Energy Conference</font></i></b></span>
- On December 12, the <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3terminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Key+Priorities&L2=Job+Creation+%26+Economic+Growth&L3=Clean+Energy+%26+Smart+Growth-Smart+Energy&L4=Smart+Growth-Smart+Energy+Conferences&sid=Agov3&b=terminalcontent&f=smart_growth_sgseconf08&csid=Ago">2008
Massachusetts Smart Growth/Smart Energy Conference</a> will be held at the
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston. The theme is <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Think Green: Educate and Engage</span></i> and will
feature a session led by the CZM <a href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/">StormSmart
Coasts program</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font
face=Arial>Coastline Permitting and Development Workshop</font></i></b></span>
- On December 8, <a
href="http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=08SHOMA"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Coastline Permitting and Development in Massachusetts</span></i></a>—an
advanced workshop focusing on the commercial, energy, and regulatory
developments concerning ocean and coastal resources in Massachusetts—will
be held in Boston.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font></i></b></span><![endif]><span
class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font face=Arial>Water Resources Research
Conference—Call for Abstracts</font></i></b></span> - On April 7, 2009,
the Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center will hold the <a
href="http://www.umass.edu/tei/wrrc/WRRC2004/Conference2009/">Sixth Annual
Water Resources Research Conference</a> at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst. The conference will highlight interactions in water resources,
including science, policy, management, and design. Abstracts are due by January
30, 2009.<span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-weight:
normal;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></span></p>
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<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>CZM in the News<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Below
are links to recent news and journal articles that feature CZM. (Articles may
only be available for a limited time. Not working? Try copying the web address
directly into your browser, rather than clicking on it.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Great Marsh receives great boost:
$1m grant (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Boston</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> Globe</span></i>, 11/16/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/16/great_marsh_receives_great_boost_1m_grant/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/16/great_marsh_receives_great_boost_1m_grant/</a>
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<p class=CZ-MailSubhead><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><font
size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In the News<o:p></o:p></span></font></a></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Below
are links to recent news and journal articles on coastal issues. (Articles may
only be available for a limited time. Not working? Try copying the web address
directly into your browser, rather than clicking on it.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Mayor's redrafted plan focuses on
reforms (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>,
12/2/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_337225805.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_337225805.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Inspector orders razing. Official:
Portions of three homes on Plum Island must come down (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 12/2/08) - <br>
<a href="http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_336230654.html">http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_336230654.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Supreme Court weighs power plants
vs. fish (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>CBS News</span></i>, 12/2/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/02/supremecourt/main4643798.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/02/supremecourt/main4643798.shtml</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>US backing of wind farm could come
this week (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston Globe</span></i>, 12/2/08)
- <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/02/us_backing_of_wind_farm_could_come_this_week/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/02/us_backing_of_wind_farm_could_come_this_week/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>State adviser's role fighting wind
farm deemed ethics breach (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>,
12/2/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS/812020314">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS/812020314</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Federal agency completing key
study on Cape Wind project <a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5">(<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>, 11/30/08) - <br>
</a><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081130/NEWS/811300331/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081130/NEWS/811300331/-1/NEWS01</a>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Trying to keep Plum Island from
the sea (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston Globe</span></i>, 11/29/08)
- <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/29/trying_to_keep_plum_island_from_the_sea/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/29/trying_to_keep_plum_island_from_the_sea/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Federal agency: Wind farm not a
risk to protected birds (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>,
11/29/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081129/NEWS/811290315/-1/BIZ">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081129/NEWS/811290315/-1/BIZ</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Only rubble remains: Neighbors of
destroyed home know more island houses in danger (<i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 11/28/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_332212516.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_332212516.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Owner watches PI home topple (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 11/27/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212908.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212908.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>'If those houses go, then we are
next' (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>,
11/27/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212517.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212517.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Family mourns its loss (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 11/27/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212641.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_331212641.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>PI Center takes 'a beating' (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 11/26/08) - <br>
<a href="http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_330220038.html">http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_330220038.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Atlantic hurricane season sets
records (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>NOAA News</span></i>, 11/26/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081126_hurricaneseason.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081126_hurricaneseason.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Cold is blamed for rise in
beaching of turtles (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston Globe</span></i>,
11/25/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/25/cold_is_blamed_for_rise_in_beaching_of_turtles/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/25/cold_is_blamed_for_rise_in_beaching_of_turtles/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Harbor citizens' group plans its
own forum (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>,
11/24/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_328223937.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_328223937.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>How global warming may affect U.S.
beaches, coastline (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Science Daily</span></i>,
11/24/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122083051.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122083051.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Oceans ten times more acidic than
thought (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>National Geographic News</span></i>,
11/24/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-acidic-oceans.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-acidic-oceans.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Feds raise catch limit on dogfish
(<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>,
11/23/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_328225958.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_328225958.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Tierney hopeful funds will be
available to stem flooding (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport
Daily News</span></i>, 11/21/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_325223926.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_325223926.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Schedule pushes Cape Wind case to
next year (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>,
11/21/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/NEWS/811210307/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/NEWS/811210307/-1/NEWS01</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Odor threat jeopardizes Dorchester
condo plan (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston Globe</span></i>,
11/21/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2008/11/21/odor_threat_jeopardizes_dorchester_condo_plan/">http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2008/11/21/odor_threat_jeopardizes_dorchester_condo_plan/</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Frank opposes shifting scallop
fishing to winter (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Standard-Times</span></i>,
11/20/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081120/NEWS/811200373/-1/NEWS">http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081120/NEWS/811200373/-1/NEWS</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:City w:st="on">Orleans</st1:City>
to patrol <st1:City w:st="on">Chatham</st1:City>’s portion of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType>
(<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Cod Chronicle</span></i>, 11/20/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat112008_3.htm">http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat112008_3.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lighthouse</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType> safety plan could cost $250K
annually (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Cod Chronicle</span></i>, 11/20/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat112008_2.htm">http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat112008_2.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>$2M in red tide relief on way (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>, 11/19/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_323215535.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_323215535.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Deal or no deal? Court will rule
on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshfield</st1:place></st1:City>
beach case (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Patriot Ledger</span></i>,
11/19/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x75553919/Deal-or-no-deal-Court-will-rule-on-Marshfield-beach-case">http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x75553919/Deal-or-no-deal-Court-will-rule-on-Marshfield-beach-case</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:City w:st="on">Chatham</st1:City>
airs <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lighthouse</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType>
safety plan (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>, 11/19/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081119/NEWS/811190316/-1/NEW">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081119/NEWS/811190316/-1/NEW</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Hurricane season ending after
record damage in US (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Yahoo News</span></i>,
11/19/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstormseason;_ylt=AsyrMUF_Ysrcr9JIhA5XIJMPLBIF">http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstormseason;_ylt=AsyrMUF_Ysrcr9JIhA5XIJMPLBIF</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Work begins at PI Center to shore
up beach (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>,
11/18/08) - <br>
<a href="http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_322234443.html">http://newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_322234443.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Feds acknowledge 'fishery failure'
due to red tide algae (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily
News</span></i>, 11/18/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_322230904.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_322230904.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>MBL gets $25 million life sciences
grant (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>, 11/18/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081118/NEWS/811180324">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081118/NEWS/811180324</a>
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<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>EPA targets water runoff (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Globe</span></i>, 11/17/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/17/epa_targets_water_runoff/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/17/epa_targets_water_runoff/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Cleanup, recovery planned after
fish kill in <st1:City w:st="on">Orleans</st1:City> pond (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>, 11/17/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/NEWS/811170308">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/NEWS/811170308</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>New group forms to plan for PI, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Salisbury</st1:place></st1:City> beaches (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>, 11/17/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_321223115.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_321223115.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Lobstermen chafe at catch
restrictions (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>, 11/17/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/NEWS/811170304">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081117/NEWS/811170304</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Commerce Secretary determines red
tide disaster in <st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maine</st1:State>, and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Hampshire</st1:place></st1:State> (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>NOAA
News</span></i>, 11/14/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081114_redtide.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081114_redtide.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Bounty lies ahead in scallop
fishery (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Boston</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> Globe</span></i>, 11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/14/bounty_lies_ahead_in_scallop_fishery/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/14/bounty_lies_ahead_in_scallop_fishery/</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Commission plan streamlines
development rules (<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape
Cod</span></i></st1:place><i><span style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>,
11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140321/-1/BIZ">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140321/-1/BIZ</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Bay scallop fishery on the rebound
(<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Vineyard Gazette</span></i>, 11/14/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?19137">http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?19137</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Abandon ship! Boat owners walk
away (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>, 11/14/08) -
<br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/BIZ/811140306/-1/BIZ">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/BIZ/811140306/-1/BIZ</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Buoys help ships steer clear of
right whales (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Christian Science Monitor</span></i>,
11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/14/buoys-help-ships-steer-clear-of-right-whales/">http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/14/buoys-help-ships-steer-clear-of-right-whales/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Hurricanes pummel Massachusetts
insurers (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Patriot Ledger</span></i>,
11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x242066637/Hurricanes-pummel-Massachusetts-insurers">http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x242066637/Hurricanes-pummel-Massachusetts-insurers</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Bureaucracy keeps scallopers at
bay (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>, 11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140323/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140323/-1/NEWS01</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Dredging set to begin next week (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Standard-Times</span></i>, 11/14/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140351">http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/NEWS/811140351</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>United States, Canada begin new
climate data-sharing agreement (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>NOAA News</span></i>,
11/14/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081114_canadaclimate.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081114_canadaclimate.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Moving a mountain of sand a mile (<st1:place
w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Martha’s Vineyard</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Times</span></i>, 11/13/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/news/2008/11/13/marthas-vineyard-dredging.php">http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/news/2008/11/13/marthas-vineyard-dredging.php</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>U.S. Navy wins dispute over sonar,
whales (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>National Geographic News</span></i>,
11/13/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081113-navy-whales-ap.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081113-navy-whales-ap.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Towns pursue new Nauset Beach
rules (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>, 11/13/08)
- <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130313/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130313/-1/NEWS01</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>State siting board hears wind farm
dispute (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>,
11/13/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130327/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130327/-1/NEWS01</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Marshfield to begin testing inner
harbor to speed up dredging (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Patriot Ledger</span></i>,
11/13/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x1325215379/Marshfield-to-begin-testing-inner-harbor-to-speed-up-dredging">http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x1325215379/Marshfield-to-begin-testing-inner-harbor-to-speed-up-dredging</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Island scallopers feel pinch (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>, 11/13/08) - <br>
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href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130330/-1/NEWS01">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130330/-1/NEWS01</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Land swap finally gets state's OK
(<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Herald News</span></i>, 11/13/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1720653369/Land-swap-finally-gets-states-OK">http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1720653369/Land-swap-finally-gets-states-OK</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Feds may raise quotas for
rebounding dogfish (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>,
11/12/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_317224837.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_317224837.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>NOAA advises mariners to watch for
migrating right whales (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>NOAA News</span></i>,
11/12/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081112_rightwhale.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081112_rightwhale.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Scallop industry's outlook
brightens (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Standard-Times</span></i>,
11/8/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081108/NEWS/811080343/-1/ARCHIVE">http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081108/NEWS/811080343/-1/ARCHIVE</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Ebb & Flow: Herring a hit
again for trawl fishermen (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily
Times</span></i>, 11/8/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_312222848.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_312222848.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Neighbors' 'septic limbo' ends (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>, 11/7/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_311215727.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_311215727.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>PI beach work to start next week:
Project wins final state OK, funding (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport
Daily News</span></i>, 11/7/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_311231645.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_311231645.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Town ordered to stop moving East
Beach Road stone (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Standard-Times</span></i>,
11/7/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081107/NEWS/811070345">http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081107/NEWS/811070345</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Fishing boat returns with author,
footage for TV series (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Standard-Times</span></i>,
11/6/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/NEWS/811060379">http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/NEWS/811060379</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Funding snag delays Plum Island
sand project (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>,
11/5/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_309235523.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_309235523.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>State may ease harbor restrictions
(<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gloucester Daily Times</span></i>, 11/4/08)
- <br>
<a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_308224442.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_308224442.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Group drops threat of suit over PI
sand (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Newburyport Daily News</span></i>,
11/4/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_308230222.html">http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_308230222.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Clam farming still mucked up;
winter water rate set (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Salem News</span></i>,
11/4/08) - <br>
<a href="http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_309001924.html">http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_309001924.html</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Public-private sewer deal could
become Cape model (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Times</span></i>,
11/4/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081104/NEWS/811040318">http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081104/NEWS/811040318</a>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Oysters turn man-made reefs into
living ledges (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston Globe</span></i>,
11/3/08) - <br>
<a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/11/03/oysters_turn_man_made_reefs_into_living_ledges/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/11/03/oysters_turn_man_made_reefs_into_living_ledges/</a>
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<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2009 National Wetlands Awards</span></font></i></b></span>
- Nominations are now being sought for the <a
href="http://www.nationalwetlandsawards.org/">2009 National Wetlands Awards</a>.
Administered by the Environmental Law Institute and supported by a partnership
of six federal agencies, this award program honors individuals who have
demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the conservation and restoration of
our nation's wetlands in six categories: education and outreach; science
research; conservation and restoration; landowner stewardship; state, tribal,
and local program development; and wetland community leader. The winners in
each category will be honored at a May 2009 ceremony in Washington DC.
Nominations are due by December 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fishing Choice Study</span></font></i></b></span>
- Macro International, a private survey research firm, is seeking participants
for a paid study on behalf of the National Marine Fisheries Service to examine
fishing choices made by recreational anglers with experience in groundfishing.
The study will take place in December in Boston or Nashua/Bedford, New
Hampshire. If interested, contact Chris Doyle at <a
href="mailto:Christopher.Doyle@macrointernational.com">Christopher.Doyle@macrointernational.com</a>.
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<p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span class=CZ-MailItem><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marine Policy Fellowships</span></font></i></b></span>
- The NOAA Sea Grant College Program is accepting applications for the 2010 <a
href="http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/">Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Program</a>. This one-year program provides a unique educational experience to
students who have an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and
in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches
highly qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative and executive
branches, or appropriate associations/institutions located in the Washington,
DC area, for a one year paid fellowship. Applications are due by February 20,
2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
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of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> - Deval
L. Patrick, Governor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=CZ-MailFooter><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Timothy
P. Murray, Lieutenant Governor<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=CZ-MailFooter><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Executive
Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs - Ian A. Bowles, Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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of Coastal Zone Management - Leslie-Ann S. McGee, Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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- <a href="mailto:robin.lacey@state.ma.us?subject=December%202008%20CZ-Mail">Robin
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