[SEMCO] Fwd: Improved Stream Crossing Workshop Invitation & Flyer

[Jo Ann Muramoto]

Subject: Improved Stream Crossing Workshop Invitation & Flyer

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Date:     Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:43:53 -0400****

From:    Julia Blatt juliablatt at massriversalliance.org****

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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.****

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*Who should attend*:  Municipal highway, planning and DPW staff, municipal
officials, conservation commissioners, engineering consultants, regional
planning staff, state agency staff, environmental advocates.****

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*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.****

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*Dates &Locations: *****

October 10 - Holiday Inn, Taunton****

October 17 - Wakefield Sheraton Colonial, Wakefield****

October 29 - Marlborough Courtyard by Marriott, Marlborough****

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*Cost:* $40 municipal/nonprofit or $60 private sector for full day
(8:20-3:00), lunch included****

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*Credits:* 1 Roads Scholar credit, 0.5 CEU credits; AICP credit pending.****

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*To register or for more information (including an agenda & speakers)*,
visit BayState Roads website: http://baystateroads.eot.state.ma.us/****

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The Massachusetts Alliance thanks our diverse group of planning partners
and presenting sponsors:****

*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 & Economic Development District; The Nature Conservancy; Tighe
and Bond. ****

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*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.****

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Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you know who may be
interested!****

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Julia Blatt****

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Executive Director****

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance****

14 Beacon Street, Suite 706****

Boston, MA  02108****

www.massriversalliance.org http://www.massriversalliance.org****

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Tel:  857-445-0208****

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-- 
*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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