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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>CZ-MAIL<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>October
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=October%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) released the draft Massachusetts Ocean Management
Plan in July for public review and comment. EEA held five public hearings on
the draft 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). Approximately 300 people attended these hearings and
provided comments for the record. In addition, the Ocean Advisory Commission
met on September 8 and the Science Advisory Council met on September 28 to
discuss the draft plan. Over the fall, EEA and the agencies will be reviewing
comments received and working on appropriate changes to the draft 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"'><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. Public comments on
the draft plan must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23. To provide
online comments, see the ocean plan </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'>Public
Input Portal comments page</span></a><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 style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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"'> for 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"'>.</span><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"'>National
Ocean Policy Task Force Releases Interim Report</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"'>In June, President Obama issued a memorandum
calling for a new national policy for oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes. An
Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force was created and was charged with developing
recommendations within 90 days, including a framework for policy coordination
and an implementation strategy that identifies and prioritizes the objectives
of the national policy. The Task Force was also charged with developing a
recommended framework for coastal and marine spatial planning within 180 days.
In its efforts to develop the interim report, the Task Force—led by the
Council on Environmental Quality—sought the input of federal, state,
tribal, and regional representatives, scientists, legal and policy experts, and
the public. On September 24, CZM Director Deerin Babb-Brott provided testimony
as part of an expert panel during the Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting in
Providence, Rhode Island. Also in September, CZM Assistant Director, Bruce
Carlisle, and Ocean Services Manager, John Weber, provided presentations to the
Task Force, offering insight and perspectives from the Commonwealth’s
experience in developing the draft ocean plan. Comments on the Task Force
Interim Report should be submitted through the </span><a
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/oceans"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Interagency Ocean Policy Task
Force website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
by October 17.<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 CCAAC Committee which
will meet to review and discuss these reports on October 20. Stay tuned to
CZ-Mail for future details. <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"'>COASTSWEEP
2009 Kicks Off at Nantasket Beach<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"'>On September 19, EEA Undersecretary for
Environment Philip Griffiths and CZM’s COASTSWEEP Coordinator Robin Lacey
welcomed 175 dedicated volunteers to kick off the 2009 COASTSWEEP at the
Nantasket Beach in Hull. The Department of Conservation and Recreation provided
a welcoming atmosphere as their beach crew greeted volunteers and events staff
played a perfect mix of tunes. COASTSWEEP is organized by CZM and the UMass
Boston Urban Harbors Institute and is part of the Ocean Conservancy’s
International Coastal Cleanup. Ocean Conservancy staff, Bank of America employees,
school groups, and more than 50 Boy Scouts were on hand to launch the 2009
event. COASTSWEEP is the annual shoreline cleanup in Massachusetts and more
than 100 cleanups are scheduled along the Commonwealth's coast throughout
September and October. For COASTSWEEP details or to get involved with a cleanup
near you, see 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"'>Gulf
of Maine Habitat Restoration Grants<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 2009 Gulf of Maine Council-National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Restoration Grants
Program has awarded more than $237,000 for four habitat restoration projects in
Massachusetts. Restoration projects target degraded coastal and estuarine
habitats including salt marshes, native diadromous fish runs, and eelgrass and
shellfish beds found in the Gulf of Maine region. Selected projects included
two dam removal feasibility studies in Middleton, a tidal restoration in
Hingham, and a tidal flow enhancement feasibility study in Wellfleet. For more
information, see the </span><a href="http://restoration.gulfofmaine.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Gulf of
Maine Habitat Restoration Web Portal</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"'>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"'>Stormwater Plan for New Bedford Harbor
Waterfront</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- CZM’s </span><a href="http://www.buzzardsbay.org"><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"'> is seeking proposals from qualified
contractors to create a stormwater plan for all surfaces including publically
owned piers and wharfs, buildings, adjacent public ways, and private properties
within a selected portion of the New Bedford Harbor Waterfront. To view the
Request for Responses (RFR), 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 "ENV 09 CZM 13." Proposals 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"'>Coastal Pollutant Remediation Grant Program</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - CZM will soon
release an RFR soliciting proposals for the </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/cprgp.htm"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coastal Pollutant Remediation
(CPR) grant program</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
to fund projects that address local nonpoint source pollution issues. Prior to
the RFR release, CZM will hold informational meetings to discuss program
eligibility, project preferences, timelines, and other details. For more
information, including dates and locations for these meetings, stay tuned to
the </span><a href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/cprgp.htm"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>CPR web page</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"'>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:l4 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"'>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 2011 General
Grants, which provide funding to support programs, research, and other
activities that promote the responsible stewardship of the Commonwealth’s
water resources. To view the RFR, 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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 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 Restoration Center Funding</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> – NOAA’s
Restoration Center is seeking applications for three habitat restoration
funding opportunities through its Community-based Restoration Program.<a
name=LETTER.BLOCK37> </a></span><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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 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 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 is seeking proposals for three competitive
grant programs—the Harmful Algal Blooms Program, Coastal Hypoxia Research
Program, and Sea Level Rise Program. 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><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"'>FEMA Moves to Digital Delivery of Flood Maps</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 1, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) changed the method it distributes
flood maps and reports from paper to digital (online). FEMA will now provide a
single paper flood map and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) to each mapped community
when respective maps are updated. All other maps and FIS reports will continue
to be available electronically. Free digital map products and data can be
accessed by an easy-to-use website where users can create custom maps and
perform advanced flood risk analyses. Read more about the digital transition on
the </span><a href="http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/dfm_ptd.shtm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>FEMA
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"'>Climate Adaptation Books</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - Island Press has
published two new books that discuss climate change planning and adaptation. </span><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102673999341&s=35617&e=001O1JRO_Pd2MeYuJfzXqiwqCdGKpYp2R2mqOEtWuRTfX0bN1chu7cWg5E0sS7moTOsXtVnhgt73iMTB0Sd4NiiNRsNdG93K5v3yLB6fk-vBF8OgUKOqrZ9vGNDGOsaTVmo5DWdrsP1IdKfOzlSFFIm5IGeff07IBJcn4HsDwai9Ek="
target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Planning for Coastal Resilience</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> by Timothy Beatley
argues that in the face of climate change, coastal planning must go beyond
reactive strategies and include the concept of resilience—the ability to
withstand or quickly recover from a natural or human-induced disaster by
building smaller, decentralized networks for energy, water, and transportation.
In </span><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102673999341&s=35617&e=001O1JRO_Pd2McbTOuh3m9kohPxHEZpz01Gh3-X_Ksilq4k7yPoC62YiioQ0CvXDcVwtcVC2uxF2Q3-IuFWwYRNTAHvn-KNdt9om-4RVrCeGFWNwAAMZA5pjmp_RJYud7V9omnpUl_a4cYTLAy5d5WLh-APKZzc93l5m2NwJG-YWX4="
target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>The Rising Sea</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young assert rising
sea levels are inevitable and many coastal cities will have to adapt quickly.
With more than half of the U.S. population living in coastal regions, and
entire islands and nations facing the prospect of slipping under the sea, this
is a significant issue.<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 Services Magazine</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The
September/October 2009 issue of </span><a
href="http://csc.noaa.gov/magazine/2009/05/"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coastal Services</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, a NOAA Coastal
Services Center magazine, features articles about communicating climate change
in Oregon, preparation for offshore wind farms in New Jersey, and water
conservation efforts in Louisiana.<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 Connections</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The
October/November 2009 issue of NOAA's </span><a
href="http://www.csc.noaa.gov/newsletter/"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Coastal Connections</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> focuses on climate
change adaptation planning.<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"'>Atlantic CoastWatch Newsletter</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The July/August
2009 issue of </span><a href="http://www.atlanticcoastwatch.org/Newsletter.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Atlantic
CoastWatch</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
the bimonthly newsletter from the Sustainable Development Institute that
provides news and information about the Atlantic coasts of Canada, the United
States, and the Caribbean, is now available. This edition includes articles on
lobster wars in Maine, coastal projects funded with stimulus dollars, green
marinas, and other Atlantic coast 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"'><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"'>Right Whale News</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The August 2009
issue of </span><a href="http://www.rightwhaleweb.org/pdf/rwhale_news_aug09.pdf"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Right
Whale News</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
(PDF, 106 KB) is a quarterly newsletter on conservation and recovery of the
North Atlantic right whale and its habitats. The August 2009 issue features
articles on a Navy warfare training range, 30 years of research at the New
England Aquarium, a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Maine, and other
right whale 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"'><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"'>Marine Protected Area Newsletter</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The September-October
2009 issue of </span><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/MPA110.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>MPA News</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> features articles on
the deep ocean marine protected areas (MPA), fishing restrictions in MPAs, and
other MPA news and notes.<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"'>Habitattitude</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, NOAA, SeaGrant, and the pet industry have developed </span><a
href="http://www.habitattitude.net/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Habitattitude</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, a program to raise
awareness of invasive species and educate pet owners about the hazards of
releasing unwanted fish and plants into the environment.<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 Quality Standards Academy</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Quality Standards Academy has
developed the new online module </span><a
href="http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/academy/supp/monitoring/index.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Basic
Course Supplemental Topics: Monitoring and Assessment</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. The new module
covers the role of monitoring and assessment in the implementation of clean
water programs.<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"'>Aquatic Ecosystem Simulation Model</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - EPA’s Office
of Science and Technology has released an enhanced version of the aquatic
ecosystem simulation model </span><a href="http://epa.gov/ost/models/aquatox/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>AQUATOX</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>—a PC-based
ecosystem model that predicts the fate of nutrients and organic chemicals in
water bodies, as well as their direct and indirect effects on the resident
organisms.<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"'>TMDL Program Results Analysis Website</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - EPA’s Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program has developed a new </span><a
href="http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/results"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>TMDL Program Results Analysis
website</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
to provide results to technically specialized audiences, including TMDL
developers, state water programs, academia, other federal agency programs, and
EPA water quality staff. A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a
pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards,
and an allocation of that load among the various sources of that pollutant.<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"'>Coastal
Projects under CZM Review<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"'>South Boston Municipal Harbor Plan Amendment
Approved</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On September 10, the city of Boston's South Boston Municipal Harbor Plan
Amendment was approved by EEA. The amendment contained substitutions and
offsets for a 12 acre area along the Fort Point Channel in South Boston. CZM
provided the city with harbor planning technical assistance throughout the
process. The public benefits associated with the plan include enhanced public
access, expansive new open spaces, and features such as transient boating
facilities, public art, and other civic/cultural amenities that will help draw
people to the Fort Point Channel area and implement the city's Watersheet
Activation Plan. See the </span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/czm/docs/pdf/decisions/south_boston_mhpa_decision_09-10-09.pdf"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>full MHP
decision</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
(PDF, 567 KB)<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"'>Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim
Report</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On September 17, the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s
Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force released its </span><a
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/interimreport/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Interim
Report</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
which begins a 30-day public review and comment period. The Task Force is
developing of a recommendation for a national policy that ensures protection,
maintenance, and restoration of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes. 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 style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations</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 coastal
communities: Beverly, Braintree, Cohasset, Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester,
Marblehead, Nahant, Nantucket, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Swampscott,
Salisbury, and Weymouth. 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 (FIRMs) for the
proposed BFEs are available at each community’s town hall. Submit
comments by December 7 to Kevin Long at </span><a
href="mailto:kevin.long@dhs.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>kevin.long@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"'>Oil Spill Response Plans for Nontank Vessels</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The U.S. Coast
Guard is seeking comments on the proposal to require oil spill response plans
for nontank vessels. (Nontank vessels are defined as self-propelled vessels of
400 gross tons or greater that operate on the navigable waters of the United
States, carry oil of any kind as fuel for main propulsion, and are not tank
vessels.) For more information and 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-2008-1070. Comments are due by November 30.<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
comment opportunities posted 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:l0 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"'>Repetitive Damage Disaster Assistance</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - 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 10-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. For
details, 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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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"'>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. 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>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><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 for the following communities on
Cape Cod: Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich,
Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. The
preliminary FIRMs 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>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><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. 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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><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. For more
information and 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><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"'>Ocean Sciences Meeting—Call for
Abstracts</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On February 22-26, the 2010 </span><a href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ocean
Sciences Meeting</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
will be held in Portland Oregon and will focus on the development of predictive
tools that are based on models and field observations. Abstracts are due by
October 15.<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"'>Bioneers by the Bay</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 22-25,
the fifth annual </span><a href="http://www.connectingforchange.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Bioneers
by the Bay: Connecting for Change</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> conference will be held in New Bedford.
Bioneers by the Bay is an annual gathering of environmental, industry, and
social justice practitioners who have demonstrated visionary and practical
models for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants.<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 Marine Life Center’s Marine
Animal Hospital Event</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 23, the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
will host a free program on the National Marine Life Center’s new marine
animal hospital with Don Lewis, who serves as the Center’s Chief
Operating Officer. Lewis will speak about the new marine animal hospital as it
prepares to accept stranded sea turtles. The hospital will also ultimately be
the only regional facility to receive seals, porpoises, dolphins, and small
whales. Now under construction, the 15,000-square-foot hospital will provide
immediate and critical medical help for stranded marine animals on Cape Cod,
one of the most active stranding hot spots in the world. For details, see the </span><a
href="http://www.ccmnh.org/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20091023&tplview=default&viewtype=details&eid=714&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"'>Coastal Society Conference—Call for
Papers</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On June 13-16, 2010, the Coastal Society will hold its 22<sup>nd</sup>
International Conference </span><a
href="http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/conference/tcs22/index.html"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Shifting
Shorelines: Adapting to the Future</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in Wilmington, North Carolina. Submissions
for papers, panels, and posters that complement the conference’s theme of
adapting to the changing landscape of ocean and coastal resource management are
due by October 23.<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"'>MACC Fall Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On October 24, the
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) will hold its
eastern Massachusetts 2009 </span><a
href="http://www.conservationcommon.org/Main/Events/EventDetails.aspx?eid=8144bf06-cfc9-46ca-9ab0-ea279491ad0a"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Fall
Conference</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
in Wellesley. <i>Enforcement—Yes You Can: Effective Strategies for
Handling Wetland Violations</i> will explore strategies, procedures, case
studies, and other tools needed when facing enforcement dilemmas.<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"'>Adapting to the Risks of Climate Change
Course</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
- On October 29-30, the Consensus Building Institute will present a free
hands-on professional development course in Cambridge. </span><a
href="http://cbuilding.org/news/announcement/new-course-adaptation-planning-risk-management"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Adapting
to the Risks Posed by Climate Change: A Consensus-Building Approach</span></i></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will explore the
development of responses to climate change in the near term to minimize risks
and costs in the future.<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"'>Stormwater Regulation Seminar</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On November 6, Law
Seminars International will present a seminar entitled </span><a
href="http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=09STORMMA"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Stormwater
Regulation in New England</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston. The
regulation of stormwater runoff plays a central role in local and regional land
use planning and project permitting, which has led to increasingly complex
regulatory programs, such as TMDLs and the creation of local stormwater utility
districts. This seminar will explore these issues 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"'>Natural Resource Damages Conference</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On November 12-13,
the fifth annual </span><a
href="http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=09NRDNJ"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Conference
on Natural Resource Damages</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> will be held in Newark New Jersey. This conference will
address complex strategic, tactical, and substantive issues for both natural
resource trustees and potentially responsible parties.<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
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</span></span></span><![endif]><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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><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 October, the Cape
Cod Museum of Natural History will hold a series of walks with naturalist
Connie Boyce. See the </span><a
href="http://www.ccmnh.org/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20091001&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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><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 National
Coastal Conference, </span><a
href="http://www.asbpa.org/conferences/conf_fall_09.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Integrating
Coastal Science and Policy</span></i></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, in St. Pete Beach, Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 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]><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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 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]><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 practical and informative workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 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]><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'>Estuaries and Coasts 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:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><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 eighth 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 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]><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 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.<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"'>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>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hearing
explores federal ocean plan (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/25/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090925/NEWS/909250318/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090925/NEWS/909250318/-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:l5 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"'>Vineyard
seeks more control over wind farms (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/22/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/NEWS/909220317"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/NEWS/909220317</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:l5 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"'>Patrick
administration environmental officials join volunteers to kick-off statewide
beach cleanup (<i>EEA Press Release</i>, 9/21/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090921_pr_coastsweep&csid=Eoeea"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090921_pr_coastsweep&csid=Eoeea</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:l5 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"'>Commission
to vote islandwide DCPC in direct challenge to oceans plan (<i>Vineyard Gazette</i>,
9/18/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://mvgazette.com/article.php?23012"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://mvgazette.com/article.php?23012</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:l5 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"'>Nantasket
Beach to get a good cleaning (<i>Patriot Ledger,</i> 9/18/09) - <i><br>
</i></span><a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x41299447/Nantasket-Beach-to-get-a-good-cleaning"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x41299447/Nantasket-Beach-to-get-a-good-cleaning</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:l5 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"'>State
airs plan for ocean development (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090917/NEWS/909170314/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090917/NEWS/909170314/-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:l5 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"'>Hearing
on ocean plan stirs wind power comment (<i>Standard-Times</i>, 9/16/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090916/NEWS/909160334#STS=fzo1ulth.1urn"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090916/NEWS/909160334#STS=fzo1ulth.1urn</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:l5 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"'>Dredging
project needs fast action (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/12/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_254221203.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_254221203.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:l5 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"'>Quincy
students teed off about golf balls in the ocean (<i>Patriot Ledger</i>,
9/11/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x1928332282/Quincy-students-teed-off-about-golf-balls-in-the-ocean"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x1928332282/Quincy-students-teed-off-about-golf-balls-in-the-ocean</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:l5 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"'>In
a pilot project, new sonar equipment will map the coastal areas of Cape Cod Bay
(<i>Falmouth Bulletin</i>, 9/8/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/falmouth/news/x939034115/In-a-pilot-project-new-sonar-equipment-will-map-the-coastal-areas-of-Cape-Cod-Bay"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.wickedlocal.com/falmouth/news/x939034115/In-a-pilot-project-new-sonar-equipment-will-map-the-coastal-areas-of-Cape-Cod-Bay</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:l5 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"'>Federal
grants will boost Buzzards Bay water quality efforts (<i>Standard-Times</i>,
9/7/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090907/NEWS/909070321"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090907/NEWS/909070321</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:l5 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"'>Offshore
energy plans scrutinized (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/5/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090905/NEWS/909050334/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090905/NEWS/909050334/-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:l5 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"'>Patrick
administration announces $167,000 in federal grants to eight Buzzards Bay
watershed communities (<i>EEA Press Release</i>, 9/3/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090910_pr_buzzards&csid=Eoeea"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090910_pr_buzzards&csid=Eoeea</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:l5 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"'>State
regulators to hear public input on Harbor Plan (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>,
9/1/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_244002715.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_244002715.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-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:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rowley
considers joining flood insurance program (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>,
9/30/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_272234229.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_272234229.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:l2 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"'>Boston
joins recycling program for fishing gear (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 9/30/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/30/boston_joins_recycling_program_for_fishing_gear/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/30/boston_joins_recycling_program_for_fishing_gear/</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:l2 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"'>Grant
of nearly $1 million will pay for Long Island ferry service (<i>Patriot Ledger</i>,
9/30/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x366032610/Grant-of-nearly-1-million-will-pay-for-Long-Island-ferry-service"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x366032610/Grant-of-nearly-1-million-will-pay-for-Long-Island-ferry-service</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:l2 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"'>Beach
project nears deadline (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/29/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_271232216.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_271232216.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:l2 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"'>Beach
proponents propose land taking (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/24/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_266225608.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_266225608.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:l2 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"'>Shellfishermen
share $1.2m in federal aid (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 9/24/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/09/24/area_shell_fishermen_share_12m_in_federal_disaster_aid/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/09/24/area_shell_fishermen_share_12m_in_federal_disaster_aid/</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:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
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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"'>Group
to dig in mud to find out what's living in Mill Pond (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>,
9/23/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_265230854.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_265230854.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:l2 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"'>Hurricane
frequency is up but not their strength, say researchers (<i>Science Daily</i>,
9/23/09) - <br>
</span><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922112207.htm"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922112207.htm</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:l2 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"'>Red
tide relief money awarded (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/22/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/BIZ/909219953"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/BIZ/909219953</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:l2 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"'>Patrick-Murray
administration distributes $1.2 million in disaster relief to shellfish
industry (<i>EEA Press Release</i>, 9/21/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090921_pr_red_tide&csid=Eoeea"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090921_pr_red_tide&csid=Eoeea</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:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
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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"'>Lawmakers
pass bill to protect Buzzards Bay (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/18/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090918/NEWS/909180313/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090918/NEWS/909180313/-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:l2 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"'>Clean
energy gaining momentum (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/18/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090918/BIZ/909180307"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090918/BIZ/909180307</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:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
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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"'>Salisbury
looks to challenge flood maps (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_259230108.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_259230108.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"'>PITA
seeks to replace dune funds (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_259225859.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_259225859.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:l2 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"'>Costly
fix considered for Paines Creek erosion (<i>Cape Cod Times</i>, 9/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090917/NEWS/909170316/-1/NEWS01"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090917/NEWS/909170316/-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:l2 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"'>Obama
seeks national oversight of waters (<i>New York Times</i>, 9/17/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/science/earth/18oceans.html?ref=science"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/science/earth/18oceans.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:l2 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"'>New
research aims to unravel how nutrients drive toxic 'brown tides' on the east
coast (<i>NOAA News</i>, 9/16/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090916_browntide.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090916_browntide.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:l2 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"'>Costs
dim the allure of storied beacons (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 9/15/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/15/minots_ledge_and_other_lighthouse_fixer_uppers_are_not_for_the_faint_of_heart/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/15/minots_ledge_and_other_lighthouse_fixer_uppers_are_not_for_the_faint_of_heart/</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:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
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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"'>EPA
to place limits on power plant water pollution (<i>Standard-Times</i>, 9/15/09)
- <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090915/NEWS/909159985/-1/NEWS05#STS=fzo212so.m6j"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090915/NEWS/909159985/-1/NEWS05#STS=fzo212so.m6j</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:l2 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"'>Global
warming could cool N. America in a few decades? (<i>National Geographic News</i>,
9/14/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090914-north-america-cooling-warming.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090914-north-america-cooling-warming.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:l2 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"'>Flood
maps changed by FEMA again (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/12/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_254221133.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_254221133.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:l2 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
funds to help with water, sewers (<i>Boston Globe</i>, 9/10/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/09/10/185m_in_federal_funds_to_be_distributed_for_upgrades_to_water_sewer_systems_around_state/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/09/10/185m_in_federal_funds_to_be_distributed_for_upgrades_to_water_sewer_systems_around_state/</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:l2 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"'>Getting
the past shipshape: Redeveloped Hingham property includes ‘walking
museum’ chronicling heyday of World War II shipyard (<i>Boston Globe</i>,
9/10/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/articles/2009/09/10/hingham_shipyard_development_gives_nod_to_history/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/articles/2009/09/10/hingham_shipyard_development_gives_nod_to_history/</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:l2 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"'>Sea
levels rose two feet this summer in U.S. east (<i>National Geographic News</i>,
9/10/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090910-sea-levels-rise.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090910-sea-levels-rise.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:l2 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
funds buoy harbor cleanup (<i>Standard-Times</i>, 9/9/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090909/NEWS/909090343"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090909/NEWS/909090343</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:l2 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"'>FEMA
officials to discuss flood map changes Thursday (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>,
9/8/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_250224420.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_250224420.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:l2 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"'>Town,
state plan piping plover monitoring (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/5/09)
- <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_247220800.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_247220800.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:l2 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"'>Dredging
project moving forward (<i>Daily News of Newburyport</i>, 9/5/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_247220753.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_247220753.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:l2 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"'>NOAA
to pursue national policy for sustainable marine aquaculture (<i>NOAA News</i>,
9/3/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090903_aquaculture.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090903_aquaculture.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:l2 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"'>West
Coast crab shows up off Cape Ann (<i>Gloucester Daily Times</i>, 8/29/09) - <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_241022256.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_241022256.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:1.0in'><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"'>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"'>Frank Scalli Annual Summer Internship</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The Boston Sea
Rovers are accepting applications for the 2010 </span><a
href="http://www.bostonsearovers.com/BSRpublic/scalli.aspx"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Frank
Scalli Annual Summer Internship</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Qualified graduating high school seniors
and college freshman interested in pursuing underwater careers are encouraged
to apply. Applications are due by October 31.<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"'>Stellwagen Advisory Council </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- The </span><a
href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is seeking
applicants for several seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council. To receive an
application kit, contact </span><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Stokes@noaa.gov"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Elizabeth.Stokes@noaa.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Applications are
due by December 18.<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"'>Marine Policy Fellowships</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - The NOAA Sea Grant
College Program is accepting applications for the 2011 </span><a
href="http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy
Fellowship Program</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.
This one-year program provides a unique educational experience to students who
have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the
national policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly
qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative and executive
branches, or appropriate associations/institutions located in the area of Washington,
DC, for a one year paid fellowship. Applications are due by February 19, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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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=October%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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(617) 626-1212<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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