[SEMCO] So a Wetland Walks into a Market.... Thursday, Nov. 8, 7 pm- WBNERR

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

Join us:
So a Wetland Walks into a Market...Research @ Reserve Coffee House at Waquoit Bay Reserve Continues Series on Thursday, November 8
On Thursday, November 8 at 7:00 pm, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve's Community Coffee House series, Research at the Reserve, continues with Dr. Kevin Kroeger with the US Geological Survey. Kevin will speak about the "Bringing Wetlands to Market" project currently taking place at South Cape Beach, a component of Waquoit Bay Research Reserve.
In this seminar Kevin will describe his contribution to a new project aimed at quantifying carbon storage capacity and greenhouse gas movement in coastal wetlands, using Cape Cod as a model.  Led by Waquoit Bay Reserve with a $1.3 million grant from the NERRS Science Collaborative, a  team of researchers from several institutions are investigating the interactions between climate, carbon storage, greenhouse gas movement and widespread nitrogen pollution in our coastal wetlands. http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/NSCIndex.aspx?ID=702


Each Thursday evening during the first three weeks of November, a different scientist will discuss their research at the Waquoit Bay Reserve. In addition to explaining the research they're doing, they will include personal anecdotes on how they did the science and how they feel their research will make a difference to those sitting in the audience. This series was created to help expose community members to cutting edge science in a relaxed and informal way. The interactive coffee house format helps people feel equally comfortable asking questions and joining in the discussion or just sitting back and listening to the scientists' stories of their work.

Doors open at 6:45 pm with a chance to view the exhibits in the visitor center and sample some homemade sweets and coffee and tea. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mug and flashlight for traveling from the parking lot.  Admission is free. For more information, call 508-457-0495 x 107 or 108. Waquoit Bay Reserve is located at 149 Waquoit Highway (route 28), Waquoit, Massachusetts.

The series will wrap up on November 15 with Scott Lindell, Director of the Scientific Aquaculture Program, MBL and "Seaweed Farming on Cape Cod for Food, Fuel, Fertilizer and Cleaner Water". For more information and a downloadable flyer, go to www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org>




Joan Muller
Education Coordinator
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
149 Waquoit Hwy.
Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
508-457-0495 x107
www.waquoitbayreserve.org

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