[SEMCO] August 15 - Using Conservation Moorings & Stormwater Treatment to Restore Coastal Habitat

[Jo Ann Muramoto]

*Restoring Eelgrass and Shellfish Habitat in West Falmouth Harbor Using
Conservation Moorings and Stormwater Treatment*

*West Falmouth Library, West Falmouth, MA, 7 to 9 pm, August 15, 2013*

On Thursday, August 15, the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) will
host a short workshop on restoring coastal habitat in West Falmouth Harbor
using two different approaches. The workshop will be held from 7 to 9 pm at
the West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth,
MA.   Featured
speakers include Ms. Tay Evans, fisheries biologist from the Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries, and Mr. Charles Martinsen, III, Deputy
Directory of the Marine and Environment Department, Town of Falmouth.

Ms. Evans will give a presentation on eelgrass, why it is important and
what is being done to monitor and restore this valuable resource.  She will
then describe the recently completed conservation mooring project in West
Falmouth Harbor.  In this project, conservation moorings were used to
replace conventional moorings in order to restore eelgrass beds and improve
water quality.

In the second presentation, Mr. Martinsen will describe a proposed
stormwater project to treat runoff discharging into Mashapaquit Creek at
the head of West Falmouth Harbor.  The project would improve water quality
in a shellfishing area and would also create a shellfish spawning sanctuary
that will naturally disperse shellfish seed into other areas of West
Falmouth Harbor, promoting natural propagation of shellfish.  This project
is in the planning stage.

For more information, contact Dr. Jo Ann Muramoto at (508) 362-4226
extension 16 or check APCC’s website at www.apcc.org under “What’s New”.
*Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D.*
*Mass Bays Program Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod*
*Association to Preserve Cape Cod*
*3010 Main Street, P.O. Box 398*
*Barnstable, MA 02630*
*P:  (508) 362-4226, Ext. 16*
*Email:  jmuramoto at apcc.org*
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