[SEMCO] FACES Winter Talk with Dr. Joe Costa Wednesday 1/25 at 7 pm

[Jill Holdren]

To Whom It May Concern,

I would be very grateful if you would post the following announcement to
the semco list-serve or let me know how to go about doing so.

Many thanks!

Jill Holdren, FACES Administrator
508 548-5266
info at facesfalmouth.org

Greetings!**

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Please join us on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 7 pm at the Falmouth
Public Library for an enlightening talk entitled, ‘The Living Resources and
Water Quality of Buzzards Bay: Trends and Opportunities,’ with Dr. Joe
Costa, Executive Director of the Buzzards Bay Estuary Program. Attached is
a flyer for the event. Please feel free to disseminate it to interested
friends and colleagues.

Dr. Costa will talk about the criteria of a healthy estuarine ecosystem,
the human activities that threaten the health of our estuaries, why healthy
estuaries matter so much to people and all the other creatures who depend
on them, and what we can do  to protect and restore water quality and
habitat in Buzzards Bay and its surrounding watershed.

Our coastal waters are endangered, primarily by excess nitrogen resulting
from human activity.  Government efforts to address the issue include the
updated Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Buzzards Bay and new
Federal water quality standards.   As Dr. Costa will discuss,  meeting the
challenges associated with the new water quality standards and TMDLs
adopted by the USEPA will not be easy, but is essential for ensuring the
region's environmental and economic future.

Dr. Costa is eminently qualified to discuss problems of and solutions for
our impacted coastal waters. He is the longtime Executive Director of the
Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, a planning and technical assistance
unit of Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management.  He received his Bachelor of
Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the
Boston University Marine Program in Woods Hole.  His graduate,
postdoctoral research
and professional work has focused on the impacts of coastal development on
water quality and coastal habitat, especially those impacts caused by
nitrogen inputs.  In his work at the Buzzards Bay NEP, he was the lead in
establishing the Massachusetts alternative Septic System Test Center,
helped develop state policy on a wide of issues, and helped municipalities
design and implement solutions. ****


Please join us for an enlightening talk and light refreshments.****

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We look forward to seeing you there!****

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For more information, please contact info at facesfalmouth.org or visit our
website at www.facesfalmouth.org.  ****

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Falmouth Associations Concerned with Estuaries and Salt Ponds****
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