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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'>RIVER RESTORATION MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'>for the<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0'>WAQUOIT BAY WATERSHED RIVER SYSTEM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On <b>Thursday December 16</b>, the Waquoit Bay Reserve will offer two opportunities to learn about the draft results and recommendations of this plan and provide input:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2:30 – 4:00 pm <u><span style='color:red'>Professional Seminar</span></u> on the Master Plan Development Process and Lessons Learned and Draft Results and Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Target Audience:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Federal, state and local agency staff, municipal officials, restoration professionals, land trusts, local board members (planning, conservation, zoning etc), who work on habitat restoration issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Registration</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> is not required for the seminar but is encouraged. Register at <a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7:00 pm <u><span style='color:#7030A0'>Public Meeting</span></u> – all are welcome. Registration is not required.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Both events will be held at the<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 149 Waquoit Hwy – Rte. 28, Waquoit, MA, 02536<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Through a $25,000 grant from the MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve has begun developing a Restoration Master Plan for the seven tributary streams that flow into Waquoit Bay. The <b><i>Louis Berger Group in Needham</i></b> was hired to comprehensively identify and examine all the river systems feeding into the Bay, determine where good restoration potential exists, and prioritize those projects. Completing this strategic plan will better position the Reserve to quickly apply for construction funding if/when such monies become available. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>With help from Reserve staff and project partners such as US Fish and Wildlife, MA Fish and Game, MA Division of Marine Fisheries, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee and Falmouth natural resource agencies, and Trout Unlimited, the consultants compiled and gathered data about limitations to fish passage, and habitat and water quality impacts along all the rivers. They considered the potential for a habitat to recover if a limitation or impact were corrected. A cost-benefit analysis was conducted and the impact of social and political issues were also factored in <i>(for example, if a project involved many privately owned parcels it would factor lower than if it was a town-owned piece of land)</i>. Removing barriers to fish passage, restoring a white cedar swamp or tidal marsh, and re-channeling a stream through abandoned cranberry bogs might be possible projects. A deliberate process that scored various parameters was used in selecting projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The consultants will present their draft results and recommendations at both the professional seminar and the public meeting and solicit feedback. Persons familiar with these Waquoit Bay watershed river systems (Quashnet/Moonakiss River, Child’s River, Abigail Brook, Dutchman’s Creek, Red Brook, Flat Pond/Sage Lot Pond system, Bourne’s Pond system) are especially encouraged to attend to contribute information that might be important for the consultants to consider when ranking projects. Individuals working on habitat restoration issues are urged to attend the professional seminar to learn about the process used in developing this master plan even if their area of interest does not happen to be the Waquoit Bay system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Tonna-Marie Rogers<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Coastal Training Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: 508-457-0495 ext. 110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 617-727-5537<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Tonna-marie.surgeon-rogers@state.ma.us">Tonna-marie.surgeon-rogers@state.ma.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>