<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Subject: Improved Stream Crossing Workshop Invitation &amp; Flyer</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:43:53 -0400<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">From: Julia Blatt <a href="mailto:juliablatt@massriversalliance.org" target="_blank">juliablatt@massriversalliance.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I invite you to attend a workshop on *improved stream crossings* to be held in three eastern MA locations (the same agenda will be repeated three times) in October (flyer attached). This is a critically important topic at the confluence of public safety, municipal economics, and wildlife habitat protection. Undersized, shallow, or perched road stream crossings obstruct the passage of wildlife and force other wildlife out of the streams and onto roads, where they are vulnerable to traffic. Culvert failures as a result of recent severe storms have wreaked havoc in some areas, causing road failures, costing millions of dollars in damage, and disrupting life in affected communities for months. The workshops, featuring the state's most knowledgeable experts in the field, will give participants practical, up-to-date tools to improve road crossings in their communities to avoid these problems in the future.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Who should attend*: Municipal highway, planning and DPW staff, municipal officials, conservation commissioners, engineering consultants, regional planning staff, state agency staff, environmental advocates.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Topics covered* will include: the value of Road-Smart StreamCrossings, StreamCrossings Standards and Permitting, Engineering Standards and Guidance, Case Studies, and Technical and Funding Resources.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Dates &Locations: *<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 10 - Holiday Inn, Taunton<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 17 - Wakefield Sheraton Colonial, Wakefield<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">October 29 - Marlborough Courtyard by Marriott, Marlborough<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Cost:* $40 municipal/nonprofit or $60 private sector for full day (8:20-3:00), lunch included<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Credits:* 1 Roads Scholar credit, 0.5 CEU credits; AICP credit pending.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*To register or for more information (including an agenda & speakers)*, visit BayState Roads website: <a href="http://baystateroads.eot.state.ma.us/" target="_blank">http://baystateroads.eot.state.ma.us/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Massachusetts Alliance thanks our diverse group of planning partners and presenting sponsors:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Planning Partners:* American Rivers; Greater Boston Trout Unlimited; Ipswich River Watershed Association; Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DFG); Mass Department of Transportation; OARS; University of Massachusetts Amherst; MA Department of Fish and Game, Division of Ecological Restoration; Mass Environmental Trust; Mass Department of Transportation; Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Southeast Regional Planning &amp; Economic Development District; The Nature Conservancy; Tighe and Bond. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">*Presenting Sponsors:* Massachusetts Environmental Trust; MA DFG Division of Ecological Restoration; Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council; Taunton River Stewardship Council, Greater Boston Trout Unlimited.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Julia Blatt<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Massachusetts Rivers Alliance<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">14 Beacon Street, Suite 706<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boston, MA 02108<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.massriversalliance.org" target="_blank">www.massriversalliance.org</a> <a href="http://www.massriversalliance.org" target="_blank">http://www.massriversalliance.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tel: <a href="tel:857-445-0208" value="+18574450208" target="_blank">857-445-0208</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div>
<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><i>Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D.</i><div><i>Mass Bays Program Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod</i></div><div><i>Association to Preserve Cape Cod</i></div><div><i>3010 Main Street, P.O. Box 398</i></div>
<div><i>Barnstable, MA 02630</i></div><div><i>P: (508) 362-4226, Ext. 16</i></div><div><i>Email: <a href="mailto:jmuramoto@apcc.org" target="_blank">jmuramoto@apcc.org</a></i></div><div><br></div>
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