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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"><b><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>CZ-MAIL <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>September
2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/" title="http://www.mass.gov/czm/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>CZM website</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. 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 </span><a
href="mailto:CZ-Mail@state.ma.us?subject=September%202009%20CZ-mail%20Request"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>CZ-Mail@state.ma.us</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Draft
Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan—Hearings, Public Review, and Comment</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs (EEA) has scheduled five public hearings on the Draft
Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan—September 14 in Boston, September 15
in New Bedford, September 16 in Barnstable, September 17 in Gloucester, and
September 23 in Tisbury (Vineyard Haven). For details, see </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/calendar.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>CZM’s Calendar page</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Mandated by the
Oceans Act of 2008, the draft ocean management plan was developed by EEA and
CZM, with broad support from the Departments of Fish and Game and Environmental
Protection. The draft plan was released in July for public review and comment.
See the </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeaterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Ocean+%26+Coastal+Management&L2=Massachusetts+Ocean+Plan&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=eea_oceans_draft_mop&csid=Eoeea"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Draft
Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan website</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> f</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>or links to the two-volume draft plan and all
maps and figures. To receive periodic ocean plan updates, send an email to </span><a
href="mailto:join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>join-env-oceanplan@listserv.state.ma.us</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Oceans Act sets a deadline of December
31, 2009, for final promulgation of a plan that balances protection of marine
resources with uses such as renewable energy development. Also pursuant to the
Act, public comments on the draft plan must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday,
November 23. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To provide online comments, see the </span><a
href="http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/mop/commentonline.aspx"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ocean Plan
Public Input Portal comments page</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submit written comments to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone
Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Re: Draft Ocean Management Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>251 Causeway Street, Suite 800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Boston, MA 02114<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>COASTSWEEP
2009</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COASTSWEEP, the state-wide beach cleanup
sponsored by CZM and the Urban Harbors Institute at UMass Boston, will kick off
its 22<sup>nd</sup> year on September 19 at Nantasket Beach in Hull. Thousands
of volunteers throughout Massachusetts turn out each year for this event, which
is part of an international campaign organized by The Ocean Conservancy in
Washington, DC. Participants all over the world collect marine debris and
record what they find. This information is then used to help reduce future
marine debris problems. Cleanups will be scheduled throughout eastern
Massachusetts in September and October. To participate or organize a cleanup,
go to the </span><a href="http://www.coastsweep.umb.edu/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>COASTSWEEP
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Climate
Change Advisory Committee Work Continues</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The state’s Climate Change Adaptation
Advisory Committee (CCAAC) continues its work on developing recommendations to
the legislature on potential strategies to better prepare for the impacts of a
changing climate. Each of the five subcommittees (Coastal Zone and Ocean,
Natural Resources and Habitat, Local Economy, Human Health and Welfare, and Key
Infrastructure) has prepared draft reports to the full Committee which will
meet to review and discuss on October 20. Stay tuned to CZ-Mail for future
details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Marine
Invader Collaborative Volunteers Hard at Work in 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This summer, volunteers from CZM’s
Monitoring and Information Collaborative (MIMIC) continued to collect important
data about the distribution of marine invasive species in New England waters.
Established in 2006, MIMIC seeks to understand distributional patterns of
marine invasive species, enable timely data collection to inform managers and
rapid response efforts, and provide education on marine invasive species and
how to control their spread. In 2009, nearly 100 volunteers from 12 partner
groups were trained to monitor for priority marine invasive species at 65 sites
in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. For more information about the
program see the </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/monitor/mimic.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>MIMIC web
page</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
or contact Adrienne Pappal at </span><a
href="mailto:adrienne.pappal@state.ma.us"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>adrienne.pappal@state.ma.us</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>North
Shore Seafloor Mapping Report Published—Data Collection Continues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CZM and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
have published the third in a series of seafloor mapping reports. </span><a
href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>High-Resolution Geologic Mapping
of the Inner Continental Shelf: Cape Ann to Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> contains geographic
information system (GIS) data, maps, and technical explanations of data collection,
processing, and a discussion of the seafloor geology and topography from Cape
Ann to Salisbury. The two previous reports, </span><a
href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1293/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Nahant to Gloucester</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and </span><a
href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Boston Harbor</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, were in released in
2006 and data from two additional areas—Hull to Duxbury and Northern Cape
Cod Bay—are currently in the publication process. Data collection
continued this summer for additional areas of the Massachusetts coast. In July,
CZM and USGS completed a cruise aboard the <i>R/V Megan</i> <i>Miller</i> in
Buzzards Bay, which enabled them to collect more than 350 square kilometers of
geophysical (swath bathymetry, sidescan sonar backscatter, and seismic
reflection) data from the seafloor. Additional surveys are planned for fall
2009 and summer 2010. Since 2003, this CZM/USGS cooperative program has mapped
1,700 square kilometers (650 square miles) of the Commonwealth's coastal ocean.
For more information, see CZM’s </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/seafloor/index.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Seafloor Mapping Program website</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, the </span><a
href="http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>USGS
project website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
or contact Dan Sampson at </span><a href="mailto:daniel.sampson@state.ma.us"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>daniel.sampson@state.ma.us</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Buzzards
Bay Project Minigrant Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In August, CZM and EEA announced the award of
ten environmental grants totaling $167,000 to eight Buzzards Bay watershed
towns. The grants will assist the towns in protecting and restoring water
quality and living resources in Buzzards Bay and its surrounding watershed.
Administered by CZM’s </span><a
href="http://www.buzzardsbay.org/index.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Buzzards Bay National Estuary
Program</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
the grants will specifically be used to protect and restore wetlands habitat
and open space, design treatment solutions for stormwater discharges, and
restore herring runs. The grants were awarded to the towns of Rochester
(Leonards Pond Anadromous Fishway Improvement Project, $20,000, and Wolf Island
Road Land Preservation Project, $5,000); Fairhaven (Nasketucket Woods Land
Acquisition - Bridge Street, $35,000); Westport (Phase II: Stormwater
Solutions, $20,000); Marion (Grassi Bog Wetland Restoration Permitting, $7,500,
and Open Space Protection of Holmes Woods, $5,500); Mattapoisett (Salt Marsh
Restoration at Pico Beach Road, $9,900); Bourne (Fishway improvements at Dykes
Creek, $15,000); Wareham (Marks Cove Wildlife Corridor Project, $35,000); and
Dartmouth (Dike Creek Hughes Conservation Project $16,000).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Grants/Funding
Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Environmental Trust Grants</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The Massachusetts
Environmental Trust (MET) is seeking proposals for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
General Grants, which provide funding to support programs, research, and other
activities that promote the responsible stewardship of the Commonwealth’s
water resources. Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, schools and
institutions for higher education, and cities and towns. To view the Request
for Responses, see the </span><a
href="https://www.ebidsourcing.com/displayPublicSearchAdvancedSolCriteriaEdit.do?doValidateToken=false&menu_id=2.3.3"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Comm-PASS
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
and search for document number "EEA 10 MET 01." Letters of Inquiry
are due by October 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Watershed Education and Training Grants</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) </span><a
href="http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/BWET_funding.html"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Bay Watershed Education and
Training (B-WET) Program</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> is seeking proposals for K-12 education projects that
promote locally relevant, experiential learning. Projects should provide
meaningful watershed educational experiences for students, related professional
development for teachers, and support regional education and environmental
priorities in New England. For more information, contact Kathi Rodrigues at </span><a
href="http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/kathi.rodrigues@noaa.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>kathi.rodrigues@noaa.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Proposals are due
by October 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sea Grant Law Center Grants</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The National Sea
Grant Law Center is seeking proposals for its 2010 grant competition, which
will fund one-year legal research and outreach projects of relevance to the Sea
Grant network. See the </span><a
href="http://nsglc.olemiss.edu/SGLC%202009%20RFP.pdf"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Request for Proposals</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (PDF, 142 KB).
Letters of Intent are due by October 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NOAA Restoration Center Funding</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The NOAA
Restoration Center is seeking applications for three habitat restoration
funding opportunities through its Community-based Restoration Program. </span><a
href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/natregpart.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coastal
and Marine Habitat Restoration National and Regional Partnerships</span></a><a
name=LETTER.BLOCK37><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
fund multi-year national and regional habitat restoration partnerships that
implement a wide-range of habitat restoration projects. Applications are due by
September 30. </span></a><a
href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/callforprojects2.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Marine
Debris Removal Grants</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
fund locally driven marine debris prevention and removal projects. Applications
are due by October 31. The </span><a
href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/callforprojects3.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Open
Rivers Initiative</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
provides funding and technical expertise for community-driven, small dam and
river barrier removals, primarily in coastal states. Applications are due by
November 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NOAA Coastal Ocean Research Funding</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - NOAA's Center for
Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) is seeking proposals for three
competitive grant programs—the Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Program,
Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP), and Sea level Rise Program. CSCOR
leads the development of predictive, multi-disciplinary, regional ecosystem
scale research to support sound coastal management decisions. Coastal
management agencies are encouraged to apply as part of multi-disciplinary
teams. For more information, see the </span><a
href="http://www.cop.noaa.gov/research/2009_omnibus.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>NOAA
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.
Proposals are due by October 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminder</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - These
opportunities listed in the last CZ-Mail are still available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAMEO Program</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service and National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences are seeking
proposals for the </span><a href="http://cameo.noaa.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Comparative
Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (CAMEO) program to support
fundamental research to understand complex dynamics controlling ecosystem
structure, productivity, behavior, resilience, and population connectivity, as
well as effects of climate variability and anthropogenic pressures on living
marine resources and critical habitats. For more information, see the </span><a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-15960.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Federal Register Notice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Proposals are due
by October 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>NOAA Grant Funds </span></i></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- NOAA has announced the availability
of more than 30 competitive grants and cooperative agreements for FY2010. This
notice replaces the multiple notices that traditionally announce the
availability of NOAA's discretionary funds for various programs. For information
on each program, including application details, see the </span><a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-16810.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Federal Register Notice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Products/Publications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Massachusetts Bays Window</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The Summer 2009
issue of </span><a href="http://www.mass.gov/envir/massbays/activities.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Massachusetts
Bays Window</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
the e-newsletter of the Massachusetts Bays Program (MBP), highlights recent
program fundraising successes, summer volunteer monitoring activities, staff
research in Cohasset, and invasive species eradication efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NRDC Water Quality Report </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- The National
Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released its 19<sup>th</sup>annual beach
water quality report, which provides a compilation of water quality data on
U.S. beaches. </span><a href="http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx.asp"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Testing
the Waters 2009</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
identifies the best and worst beaches for protecting beachgoers from
contaminated water. Pollution at the nation's ocean, lake, and bay beaches
resulted in more than 20,000 closing or swimming advisory days in
2008—the fourth worst year since NRDC began tracking these data. The NRDC
concluded that coastal beaches continue to be affected by contamination from
stormwater runoff, sewage spills, and others sources of pollution, which are
further amplified by heavy rainfalls and aging and poorly designed sewage
systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NERRS Climate Change Workshop Materials</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The National
Estuarine Research Reserve System’s (NERRS) Coastal Training Program has
published a<i> </i>customizable workshop for planners and other coastal
decision-makers. </span><a
href="http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Training/padillabay/project.html"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Planning
for Climate Change</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> focuses on actions that can be taken to prepare and
adapt to the anticipated impacts of climate change. The materials include
evaluation results, lessons learned, PowerPoint presentations, and streaming
video of the training sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coastal Management Newsletter</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The July 2009
edition of NOAA's Coastal Program Division's </span><a
href="http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/news/czmnewsletter.html"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coastal
Management News</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
features articles about hurricane resistant buildings in Hawaii, ecosystem
based management in New York, a Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guide developed for
Louisiana, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminder</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The following CZM
publication listed in the last CZ-Mail is still available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Free Coast Guide</span></i></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/coastguide/index.htm"><i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Massachusetts Coast Guide
to Boston and the North Shore</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>includes nearly 400 public access sites (from
Salisbury to Hingham). For ideas about where to go along the entire 1,500-mile
Massachusetts coast, see CZM’s </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/access/products/access_locator.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Online
Locator of Coastal Public Access Sites</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>—a searchable inventory of maps and
descriptions of coastal properties that are owned by government agencies or
major nonprofit land conservation organizations and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Websites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Live Blue Initiative</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The New England
Aquarium has developed two new online programs—the Live Blue Initiative
and the Blue Impact tour. Through the </span><a
href="http://www.liveblueinitiative.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Live Blue Initiative</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, users can claim a
piece of the ocean and make a pledge to help protect the environment. As more
and more people select cubes from crucial conservation areas across the globe,
the live blue pledges will appear on the interactive map and scroll across the
screen for everyone to see. The </span><a
href="http://www.neaq.org/visit_planning/tours_and_programs/tours/blue_impact/index.php"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Blue
Impact tour</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
is a series of videos that reveal climate change through the eyes of ocean
life. Aquarium visitors can download the tour to an iPod or MP3 player. Topics
include rising sea levels, endangered whales, and deteriorating coral reefs.
See how organizations such as the Aquarium work to prevent the effects human
activities have on the oceans, and how you can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NPDES Overview Course</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published segments of the <i>NPDES
Permit Writers' Course</i> online. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permitting program is authorized under the Clean Water Act to
control the discharge of pollutants from industrial and municipal point sources
to waters of the United States. The <i>NPDES Permit Writers' Course</i> is a
five-day training course covering the key elements of NPDES permit development.
The online presentations are not intended to replace the live course, but
should be useful for those who wish to become familiar with important concepts
of the NPDES permit program. Check out the first installment, <i>Establishing
Water Quality-based Effluent Limitations in NPDES Permits</i>, on the </span><a
href="http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/outreach/training/pwtraining.cfm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>EPA
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ocean Facts</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - NOAA's National
Ocean Service offers an ever-growing </span><a
href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/welcome.html"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ocean Facts website</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Questions are
arranged under several categories, such as ocean life, ocean observations, and
ocean geology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harmful Algae Digital Library</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The National Sea
Grant Library has developed a</span><a href="http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/bloom.html"
target="_blank" title="HAB library"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> Harmful Algae Digital Library</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, which contains a
collection of downloadable Sea Grant research documents arranged by these
subject areas: red tide/paralytic shellfish poisoning, brown tide, ciguatera,
killer algae, and <i>Pfiesteria</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>World Database on Marine Protected Areas</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The United Nations
Environment Programme and the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature have developed the </span><a href="http://www.wdpa-marine.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>World
Database on Protected Areas</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> (WDPA). The WDPA is a comprehensive list of global
marine and terrestrial protected areas developed to allow users to view and
download information on marine protected areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Public
Comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - MMS is seeking
comments on the Draft Proposed 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for
2010-2015. This proposed program will succeed the current </span><a
href="http://www.mms.gov/5-year/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>5-year program</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> that expires on June
30, 2012. Comments are due by September 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Repetitive Damage Disaster Assistance</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking comments on a proposed rule that
will implement aspects of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The proposed
rule would apply only to public and eligible private nonprofit facilities that
have been damaged three times by the same type of event within a ten year
period. The rule proposes to reduce the federal cost share of public assistance
to 25 percent if a facility has not received appropriate mitigation measures
prior to that third event. Traditionally, the federal cost share for eligible
repairs to disaster-damaged facilities is no less than 75 percent federal
funding. For details, including see the </span><a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-19156.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Federal Register Notice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Submit comments by
October 13 to </span><a href="mailto:FEMA-RULES@dhs.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>FEMA-RULES@dhs.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Include Docket ID
FEMA-2008-0006 in the subject line of the message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Aquatic Animal Health Plan</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The </span><a
href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/aquaculture/downloads/naahp.pdf"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>National
Aquatic Animal Health Plan for the United States</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (PDF, 185 KB) is now
available for public review and comment. The Plan was developed by a task force
led by the U.S. Department Agriculture, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the National Marine Fisheries Service. It is anticipated that this plan will
provide a framework to develop programs for diseases that affect the health of
aquatic animals. For more information, see the </span><a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-19702.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Federal Register Notice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Comments are due by
October 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for
Cape Cod</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- FEMA is seeking comments on the proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for the
following communities on Cape Cod: Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis,
Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet,
and Yarmouth. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures
that a community must adopt to participate in the National Flood Insurance
Program. The preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the proposed BFEs
are available at each community’s town hall. Submit comments by November
2 to William R. Blanton Jr. at </span><a href="mailto:bill.blanton@dhs.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>bill.blanton@dhs.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nomination of MPAs to National System</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The National
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Center is seeking nominations from existing MPAs
for inclusion in the national system. This system and the nomination process
are described in the <i>Framework for the National System of Marine Protected
Areas of the United States</i> published in 2008. For details, see the </span><a
href="http://mpa.gov/national_system/nominating_mpas.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Marine
Protected Areas of the United States website</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Nominations are due by November 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The U.S. Coast
Guard is seeking comments on proposed amendments to regulations on ballast
water management. These amendments will establish standards for the allowable
concentration of living organisms in ships' ballast water discharged in U.S.
waters and an approval process for ballast water management systems. These new
regulations would help control the introduction and spread of non-native
species from ships. The Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(DPEIS) for this rulemaking, entitled <i>Standards for Living Organisms in
Ships' Ballast Water</i>, provides an assessment of the potential environmental
impacts associated with the proposed establishment of ballast water discharge
standards. To submit comments, go to </span><a href="http://www.regulations.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.regulations.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and search for
docket number USCG-2001-10486. Comments are due by November 27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - In June, President
Obama issued a memorandum that established an Interagency Ocean Policy Task
Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force
is charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that ensures
protection, maintenance, and restoration of oceans, coasts, and the Great
Lakes. It will also recommend a framework for improved stewardship, and
effective coastal and marine spatial planning. The Task Force is seeking public
input on its work. For more information, see the </span><a
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Task Force
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fall Walks in Harwich</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The Harwich
Conservation Trust has posted its schedule of fall walks-all free and open to
the public. See the </span><a href="http://www.harwichconservationtrust.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Trust's
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday Walks</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On Wednesdays in
September and October, the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will hold a
series of walks with naturalist Connie Boyce. For details about each walk, see
the </span><a
href="http://www.ccmnh.org/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20090901&pc_username=&pc_category=&pc_topic="><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>museum
calendar</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 11 at
7:00 p.m., the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will present Theresa Barbo,
noted local author of historical non-fiction She speak about her novel <i>Cape
Cod Bay: A History of Salt & Sea</i> and her current scholarly work <i>Nantucket
Sound: A Maritime History</i>. For details, see the </span><a
href="http://www.ccmnh.org/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20090911&tplview=default&viewtype=details&eid=694&print="><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>museum’s
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory
Commission Meeting</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/caco/index.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Cape Cod
National Seashore</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Advisory Commission will meet at 1:00 p.m. on September 14 in the meeting room
at Cape Cod National Seashore Headquarters, Marconi Station, Wellfleet. The
meeting is open to the public and interested parties may make oral/written
presentations to the Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shellfish Restoration Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September
15-18, the 12<sup>th</sup> </span><a href="http://www.gov.pe.ca/shellfishconf/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>International
Conference on Shellfish Restoration</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will be held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island. The conference provides an opportunity for resource managers, shellfish
farmers, community activists, historians, and anthropologists to exchange ideas
and information on shellfish restoration, water quality improvement, and
estuarine and coastal ecosystem health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Boston Harbor Islands Advisory Council
Meeting</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On September 16, the Boston Harbor Islands Advisory Council will meet from
6:00-8:00 p.m. at the New England Aquarium. The agenda will include a messaging
project update, a discussion of how to stimulate public participation in park
planning and other management efforts, a park update, and public comment. The
meeting is open to the public. For details, contact Superintendent Bruce
Jacobson at (617) 223-8667.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>North Shore Climate Change Workshop</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 17,
CZM, the Massachusetts Bays Program, and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
(MAPC) will hold the <i>North Shore Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise Workshop
II: Preparing for Impacts—Mapping Hazard Areas</i>. Staff from CZM and
Department of Conservation and Recreation will provide detailed information on FEMA
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and the new mapping effort, Sea, Lake and
Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Maps. This workshop, to be held from
8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Peabody Institute Library in Danvers, is targeted at
municipal officials and staff. For more information, contact MAPC Senior
Regional Planner, Sam Cleaves, at </span><a href="mailto:scleaves@mapc.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>scleaves@mapc.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ocean Energy for New England</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 17
from 8:00 a.m.to 1:30 p.m., the 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual </span><a
href="http://www.mrec.umassd.edu/events.cfm#stakeholder"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ocean
Energy for New England Conference</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will take place at the Cape Codder Resort in
Hyannis. The conference topics will include ocean energy technologies;
initiatives for ocean renewable energy; planning and policy process for ocean
energy systems; grid integration, community benefit, and jobs; and
environmental and public interest group input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Trails and Sails 2009</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 18-20
and 25-27, the Essex National Heritage Area will host the eighth annual </span><a
href="http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Trails & Sails</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>—<i>Two
Weekends of Walks and Water</i>. The 2009 event features more than 100 free
events throughout the Essex National Heritage Area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nutrient Control at Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Plants</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On September 22-23, EPA’s Office of Research and Development will
conduct a free </span><a
href="http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/events/nutrient_seminars.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>technology
transfer seminar</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
to provide updated, state-of-the-technology design guidance on nitrogen and
phosphorus control at municipal wastewater treatment plants. The seminar will
be held in Marlborough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Watershed Institute</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September
22-25, the Center for Watershed Protection will hold the </span><a
href="http://www.cwp.org/Calendar/WI09/WI09.html"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>2009 Watershed Institute</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in Columbia, South
Carolina. The 2009 Watershed Institute provides an intensive and interactive
four-day learning experience designed to help public and private sector
watershed professionals develop watershed management plans, learn watershed
assessment techniques, and other key aspects of watershed protection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gulf of Maine Symposium</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 4-9,
the Gulf of Maine Symposium, </span><a
href="http://www.rargom.org/Symposium2009/index.htm"><i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Advancing Ecosystem
Research for the Future of the Gulf</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, will be held in New Brunswick, Canada. Join
fellow researchers, managers, policymakers, and stakeholders from around the
region to discuss current scientific advances and ecosystem approaches to
management in the Gulf of Maine at the Gulf of Maine Symposium: Advancing
Ecosystem Research for the Future of the Gulf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Coastal Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 14-16,
the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association will hold its </span><a
href="http://www.asbpa.org/conferences/conf_fall_09.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>National
Coastal Conference: <i>Integrating Coastal Science and Policy</i></span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in St. Pete Beach,
Florida. The three-day conference will feature discussions on coastal science,
policy, technology, and politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Environmentally Preferable Products Vendor
Fair</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On October 27, the </span><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eppfair"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Environmentally
Preferable Products Vendor Fair and Conference</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will be held at the
DCU Center in Worcester. This event will feature exhibits on innovative and
cost-saving technologies and products and include an exciting slate of
practical and informative workshops. Registration, meals, and parking are free
for personnel from the public sector, higher education, and related nonprofits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2009 Estuarine Research Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On November 1-5,
the 2009 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference, </span><a
href="http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coasts and Estuaries in a Changing
World</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
will be held in Portland, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ecology of Marine Windfarms Symposium</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On November 2-4,
the 8<sup>th</sup> annual </span><a
href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird/2009/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science
Symposium</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
<i>The Ecology of Marine Windfarms: Regional Perspectives on Impact Mitigation,
Siting, and Future Uses</i>, will be held in Newport, Rhode Island. This
symposium will bring together international experts in wind energy,
biotechnologies, seafood, fisheries, aquaculture, and leading legal and policy
experts to discuss innovative methods for the integration of these future uses
into wind-farm marine areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Water Resources Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On November 10,
the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) will hold </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeamodulechunk&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Grants+%26+Technical+Assistance&L2=Grant+%26+Loan+Programs&L3=Massachusetts+Environmental+Trust+(MET)&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=eea_met_met_20th_aniv&csid=Eoeea"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>A Water
Resources Conference: Commemoration of the 20<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the
Massachusetts Environmental Trust</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in Worcester. This conference is targeted to
practitioners that protect and restore water quality and the continuity of
aquatic systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminders</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The following
calendar items posted in the last CZ-Mail are still to come:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Legal and Ethical Duties in a Changing Climate</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 11,
the University of Oregon School of Law will host </span><a
href="http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/equality.php"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Legal and
Ethical Duties in a Changing Climate</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, a symposium to reshape discourse on climate
law and policy to address the effects climate change will have on the
environment, biodiversity, and human health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nantucket Biodiversity Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 19,
the </span><a href="http://www.nantucketbiodiversityinitiative.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Nantucket
Biodiversity Initiative</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> will hold the third bi-annual Biodiversity Conference in
Nantucket.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Permitting Renewable Energy Projects</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September 21,
Law Seminars International will hold a strategic one-day seminar on </span><a
href="https://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=09PREMA"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Permitting
Renewable Energy Projects</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> in Boston. Presenters will provide updates to energy
professionals at all levels of the industry on critical changes in the
permitting process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Northeast Beaches Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On September
21-23, the 2009 </span><a href="http://www.ieca-nechapter.org/coastal2009.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Northeast
Beaches Conference</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
will be held in Woods Hole. The 2009 conference theme is local shoreline
management and protection efforts. Two field trips and more than 50
presentations on a range of coastal topics are on the agenda.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mapping Massachusetts Communities Workshop</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On both September
24 and 25, New Urban Research is holding a one-day GIS workshop in Boston. </span><a
href="http://www.urban-research.info/workshops/massachusetts-gis.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Mapping
Massachusetts Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community
Analysis</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
is a beginner-level class for anyone interested in mapping their community. For
information on other GIS workshops, see the </span><a
href="http://www.urban-research.info/home/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New Urban Research website</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Renewable Energy Technical Conference </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- On October 15, the
New England Marine Renewable Energy Center will hold a </span><a
href="http://www.mrec.umassd.edu/events.cfm#stakeholder2"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>technical
conference</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
in Fall River.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>CZM
in the News<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
small shipwreck treasures, vast new horizons (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 8/23/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/08/23/from_a_scituate_shipwrecks_treasures_students_gain_vast_new_horizons/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/08/23/from_a_scituate_shipwrecks_treasures_students_gain_vast_new_horizons/</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harbor
Plan critics send concerns to state (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>, 8/19/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_231001746.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_231001746.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Final
hearing date set on state's ocean plan (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/18/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090818/NEWS/908180322/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090818/NEWS/908180322/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Officials
baffled by LNG decision (<i>Herald News</i>, 8/2/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.heraldnews.com/business/x1606968761/Officials-baffled-by-LNG-decision"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.heraldnews.com/business/x1606968761/Officials-baffled-by-LNG-decision</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Both
sides score in Fall River LNG battle (<i>Standard-Times</i>, 8/1/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NEWS/308019968"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NEWS/308019968</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>In the News<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Major
shipping route fosters a plague of sea life (<i>Washington Post</i>, 8/31/09) -
<br>
</span><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002333.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002333.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Volunteers
keep island shining (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 8/27/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/08/27/volunteers_pitch_in_to_restore_thacher_island_and_its_twin_lighthouses/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/08/27/volunteers_pitch_in_to_restore_thacher_island_and_its_twin_lighthouses/</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beach
project delayed: Dredging, sand deposit won't happen this year (<i>Daily News
of Newburyport</i>, 8/25/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_236223225.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_236223225.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sandbags
hold against Bill's fury (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 8/24/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_235233314.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_235233314.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hurricane
Bill: Nature’s fury is fun for South Shore surfers (<i>Patriot Ledger</i>,
8/24/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/outdoors/x1528807819/Swimmers-surfers-take-to-the-water-despite-warnings"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/outdoors/x1528807819/Swimmers-surfers-take-to-the-water-despite-warnings</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Westport
counsel revises East Beach trailer regulations (<i>Standard Times</i>, 8/24/09)
- <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090824/NEWS/908240329"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090824/NEWS/908240329</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beware
of Bill: Cape Ann mariners, surfers warned of hurricane's offshore effects (<i>Gloucester
Daily Times</i>, 8/21/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://gloucestertimes.com/pulife/local_story_232223426.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://gloucestertimes.com/pulife/local_story_232223426.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New
flood zones engulf the insured (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/21/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090821/NEWS/908210322/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090821/NEWS/908210322/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ancient
man hurt coasts, paper says (<i>New York Times</i>, 8/21/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/science/earth/21ancient.html?ref=science"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/science/earth/21ancient.html?ref=science</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Loss
of mussel mass raises alarm at Mystic Lake (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/19/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/NEWS/908190314/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/NEWS/908190314/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mayor's
office says LNG fight remains a priority (<i>Herald News</i>, 8/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.heraldnews.com/news/local_news/x2145963340/Mayors-office-says-LNG-fight-remains-a-priority"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.heraldnews.com/news/local_news/x2145963340/Mayors-office-says-LNG-fight-remains-a-priority</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So,
whose Seacat is it? (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>, 8/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_228224059.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_228224059.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An
ocean as warm as bathwater! (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>, 8/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_229222912.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_229222912.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>City
is fined $70K by EPA (<i>Salem News</i>, 8/14/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_226000624.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_226000624.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An
‘increase’ in big storms may just be better detection (<i>New York
Times</i>, 8/13/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/science/earth/13atlantic.html?ref=science"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/science/earth/13atlantic.html?ref=science</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Study
finds big storms on a 1,000-year rise (<i>New York Times</i>, 8/13/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/13/13climatewire-study-finds-big-storms-on-a-1000-year-rise-94323.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/13/13climatewire-study-finds-big-storms-on-a-1000-year-rise-94323.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Boat
Camp to clean up beach (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 8/12/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_223231747.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_223231747.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EXCLUSIVE:
Disaster plans leave disabled behind (<i>Washington Times</i>, 8/12/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.washtimes.com/news/2009/aug/12/disaster-plans-leave-disabled-behind/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.washtimes.com/news/2009/aug/12/disaster-plans-leave-disabled-behind/</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nine
Mass. and N.H. communities face actions to improve storm sewer pollution (<i>EPA
Press Release</i>, 8/12/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/6d651d23f5a91b768525735900400c28/95a8b92b87d9a19d85257610006ac323!OpenDocument"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/6d651d23f5a91b768525735900400c28/95a8b92b87d9a19d85257610006ac323!OpenDocument</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Atlantic
will produce tropical storm soon, meteorologists say(<i>Christina Science
Monitor</i>, 8/11/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0812/p02s01-usgn.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0812/p02s01-usgn.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Federal
and state agencies aim to rebuild public facilities smarter (<i>FEMA Press
Release</i>, 8/11/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49286"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49286</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>North
Beach cottage may get a new view (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/10/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090810/NEWS/908100305/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090810/NEWS/908100305/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What
science says about beach sand and stomach aches (<i>USGS Press Release</i>,
8/10/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2278&from=rss_home"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2278&from=rss_home</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sewage
breeds bigger, faster mosquitoes (<i>Discovery News</i>, 8/10/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/10/mosquito-sewage.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/10/mosquito-sewage.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Data
will boost plans for sewers (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/7/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070325/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070325/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Business
hit with $2.75M penalty (<i>Salem News</i>, 8/7/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_219001900.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_219001900.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Trying
to end watch on sewer pipes: MWRA cites cost of monitoring effect on bays (<i>Boston
Globe</i>, 8/6/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/06/mwra_trying_to_end_watch_on_sewer_outflow_pipes/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/06/mwra_trying_to_end_watch_on_sewer_outflow_pipes/</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sewer
plan back in the pipeline (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/6/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/NEWS/908060323/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/NEWS/908060323/-1/NEWS01</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stimulus
cash to clean up the river (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 8/6/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_217230944.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_217230944.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Want
a free lighthouse? Coast Guard giving up Minot’s Ledge Light (<i>Patriot
Ledger</i>, 8/6/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x2116340460/WANT-A-FREE-LIGHTHOUSE-Coast-Guard-giving-up-Minot-s-Ledge-Light"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x2116340460/WANT-A-FREE-LIGHTHOUSE-Coast-Guard-giving-up-Minot-s-Ledge-Light</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NOAA
lowers hurricane season outlook, cautions public not to let down guard (<i>NOAA
News</i>, 8/6/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090806_hurricaneupdate.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090806_hurricaneupdate.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dennis
welcomes updated flood map (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/4/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090804/NEWS/308049985"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090804/NEWS/308049985</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dune
shacks: Yours, mine or ours? (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 8/2/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090802/NEWS/308029963"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090802/NEWS/308029963</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PI
trash problem buries beach (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 8/1/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_212211531.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_212211531.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New
predictions for sea level rise (<i>Science Daily</i>, 7/29/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727091838.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727091838.htm</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pollution
still a hazard to U.S. Beaches (<i>CBS News</i>, 7/29/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/29/tech/main5195593.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/29/tech/main5195593.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Other
Items of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adopt a Drifter Buoy</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The NOAA </span><a
href="http://www.adp.noaa.gov/index.html"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Adopt a Drifter Program</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> provides teachers
with the opportunity to infuse ocean observing system data into their
curriculum. A drifter is a floating ocean buoy equipped with meteorological and
oceanographic sensing instruments that transmit observed data to collecting
centers. </span><a href="http://www.adp.noaa.gov/get_involved.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Get
involved</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LNG Port Navigation, Security, and Safety
Zones</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On July 31, the U.S. Coast Guard established a two temporary safety zones
extending 500 meters in all directions from each of the two submerged
turret-loading buoys and accompanying systems that are part of the Neptune
Deepwater Port located in Massachusetts Bay off of Boston. All vessels, with
the exception of deepwater port support vessels, are prohibited from entering
into, remaining, or moving within either of the safety zones. This rule is
effective from July 31 through February 16, 2010. For details about these
restrictions, see the </span><a
href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-19547.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Federal Register Notice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commonwealth of
Massachusetts - Deval L. Patrick, Governor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Timothy P. Murray,
Lieutenant Governor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Executive Office of
Energy and Environmental Affairs - Ian A. Bowles, Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office of Coastal Zone
Management - Deerin Babb-Brott, Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Editor - <a
href="mailto:robin.lacey@state.ma.us?subject=September%202009%20CZ-Mail"><span
style='color:blue'>Robin Lacey</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Internet Coordinator -
Joe Pelczarski<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Massachusetts Office
of Coastal Zone Management<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>251 Causeway Street,
Suite 800<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Boston, MA 02114-2136<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(617) 626-1200<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CZM Information Line -
(617) 626-1212<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CZM Website - <a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm"><span style='color:blue'>www.mass.gov/czm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A publication of the
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management pursuant<br>
to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA09NOS4190119.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This publication is
funded (in part) by a grant/cooperative agreement from the<br>
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The views expressed
herein are those of the author(s) and<br>
do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA <br>
or any of its sub-agencies.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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