[SEMCO] reminder: programs tonight, tomorrow and next week sponsored by Waquoit Bay Reserve

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

Thursday, October 9: Springs to the Sea: Stories of Our Home Waters 7 pm

Reserve Manager Brendan Annett will present an illustrated slide show at
Reserve Headquarters. 

Friday, October 10: Quashnet River Watershed Walk 9 am (meet at John's
Pond)

Details below. *

Saturday, October 18: Go Green Workshop, 8:30-3 pm plus tour 

	
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR) is hosting a
free workshop on Saturday, October 18, aimed at residents interested in
saving money and the environment. Learn from experts about where our
energy comes from, how this impacts the Cape, what you can do to cut
your electric and fuel bills, and how you can redesign your home and
harness renewable resources. Get an energy-efficient lightbulb and
"living local" lunch too!

Presentations will be provided by Chris Powicki of WEEinfo Services,
Kevin Galligan and Joe Soares of Cape Light Compact, Bruce Torrey of
Building Diagnostics, Tom Wineman of Clean Energy Design, Liz Argo of
SolarWrights  and Joy Cummings of Architects Studio. After the workshop,
an optional walk and tour from 3 to 4 pm will address the coastal
impacts of climate change and the solar energy installations at WBNERR. 
	

Please go to www.waquoitbayreserve.org
<BLOCKED::http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org>  for a downloadable flyer
and registration. Walk-ins are welcome on a space available basis
however please register by October 13 to guarantee a space and locally
grown lunch. (Offered free thanks to sponsorship by the Citizens for the
Protection of Waquoit Bay).
 

*Joan Muller will lead a watershed walk exploring the Quashnet
/Moonakiss River starting at the river's source in Mashpee and ending up
at Reserve headquarters at the head of Waquoit Bay. 

 

The Watershed Field trip will give adults the chance to trace the path
that all Mashpee fifth graders follow on the school field trip they take
with Waquoit Bay Reserve staff. Participants will follow the Quashnet
River from John's Pond to Waquoit Bay carpooling from site to site and
stopping for short walks at three or four sites, all the while listening
to stories of the cultural and natural history of the area including
cranberries, trout restoration, and other people connections to the
river and the bay.

* Meet at John's Pond Parking Lot in Mashpee at 9am. From the Mashpee
rotary -

Take Route 151 

Take 3rd right after Andy's Market, onto Ashumet Rd. (just before the
Barnstable County Fairgrounds).  

Follow to the end, go right onto Hooppole Rd.

Follow Hooppole to the end, go right onto Back Rd.. 

Follow Back Rd. down past Otis Trailer Village to Pond.

 
 
Joan C. Muller
Education Coordinator
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
508-457-0495 x107
Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
joan.muller at state.ma.us
 
 
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