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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>If you are on the shores of Buzzards Bay this weekend, we are seeking photographs documenting the annual high tide along different parts of the bay. On Saturday, the high tide occurs shortly before 8 PM.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>On Sunday, the high tide will be about a half inch higher, but the tide will be 50 minutes later, closer to the end of civil dusk, and thus will be difficult to photograph.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>Annual high tides occur on a 14-month cycle, and occur when the full moon is slightly closer to the earth in its elliptical orbit (the full moon appears slightly larger during these months in the cycle).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In Buzzards Bay, the annual high tide is a little more than a foot higher than the average high tide (Mean High Water).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>High tides near the full moons in May and July of this year are nearly as high as the June high tides.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>We are particularly looking for photograph pairs of the annual high tide with either an "average" high tide (occurring roughly about 2 hours before each high tide this weekend), or with the negative low tides that are also occurring this weekend in the afternoons.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Salt marshes, low docks or filled piers, jetties, and familiar bathing beaches make good subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>Annual high tides have relevance for two reasons. First, the annual high tide has regulatory significance in state and federal wetlands permits. For example, to avoid the need for a federal wetlands permit, municipalities add sand above the high tide line as part of beach nourishment projects. Annual high tides also define the boundary of salt marshes in the state wetlands regulations.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>Second, there is also a growing national "King Tide" photo initiative, because the annual high tide is a useful tool to communicate what future elevated sea levels will look like. For example at Clarks Point in New Bedford, the elevation of the average high tide is 3.7 feet above Mean Lower Low Water, whereas the annual high tide or King Tide at the same location is 4.8 feet. Therefore, on June 22 you can see what a future "average" high tide might look like with 1-foot of sea level rise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>More information about the Buzzards Bay annual high tide, and where to send you photographs can be found on this page:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>http://buzzardsbay.org/king-tides.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>By the way, on the rest of Cape Cod, the annual high tide will generally fall on June 24 or 25, but will occur too late at night to easily observe.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Check your local tide tables to be sure about the specific times and dates for your local.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'>The next annual high tides in Buzzards Bay will occur in July, August, and September of 2014, during the morning hours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D;mso-no-proof:yes'>===================================<br>Joseph E. Costa, PhD, Executive Director<br>Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program<br>Mass. Coastal Zone Management<br>2870 Cranberry Highway<br>East Wareham, MA 02538<br>voice: 508-291-3625 x11<br>fax: 508-291-3628<br> <br> </span></font><font size=1 color="#1f497d"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></body></html>