[SEMCO] Where the Land Meets the Sea Lecture Series starts this Wednesday March 30

[Robert Hancock]

Where the Land Meets the Sea, 2016
Working to Restore & Maintain the Health of the Buzzards Bay Watershed

Wednesdays: March 30, April 6, April 13

Receptions: 6:00 p.m. Lectures: 6:30 p.m.

A three-part series of Wednesday evening lectures presented by the
Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Whaling Museum.  All lectures take place at
the Whaling Museum.
Where the Land Meets the Sea Flyer (pdf)

Registration

NBWM and/or Buzzards Bay Coalition Members: $5 per lecture Non-Members:
$10 per lecture Free for UMass Dartmouth and Bristol Community College
Students with I.D.

Order tickets at www.whalingmuseum.org or Call: (508) 997-0046 ext. 100

Restoring Water Quality

March 30

Rachael Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director, The Rozalia Project for
a Clean Ocean Marine debris has created three new oceanographic features
in urban and coastal waters. Learn how Rozalia Project is using innovative
technology and solutions-based research to clean ocean trash from surface
to seafloor.

George Heufelder, Director, Barnstable County Dept. of Health &
Environment Municipalities are struggling to stem the flow of
human-produced nutrients into our shared groundwater, ponds, bays and
estuaries. Heufelder will explain how the country's largest testing center
for septic system alternatives is "looking for better mousetraps for
treating wastewater."

Restoring Rivers-Hello Fish!

April 6

Sara N. da Silva Quintal, Restoration Ecologist, Buzzards Bay Coalition
Hopes are high for restoring the health of migrating fish populations in
the Weweantic River thanks to a recently announced Buzzards Bay Coalition
effort to remove the crumbling remnants of Horseshoe Dam. Da Silva Quintal
will discuss this project and provide updates on the Acushnet River
restoration project.

David Gould, Director, Town of Plymouth Dept. of Marine & Environmental
Affairs Gould will explain how restoration efforts at Town Brook are
revitalizing this historic waterway, which was once a source of fresh
water and food for the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.

The Health of New Bedford Harbor-Then & Now

April 13

Michael Dyer, Maritime Historian, New Bedford Whaling Museum Travel back
in time as Dyer chronicles the evolution of New Bedford Harbor from
seaport to a delivery system for industrial manufacturing that seriously
contaminated the shoreline and compromised water quality.

Mark Rasmussen, President, Buzzards Bay Coalition Discover why the Harbor
remains off limits to fin and shellfishing, and learn about current
sources of pollution, wetlands restoration projects, and initiatives to
mitigate nitrogen pollution and oil spills from commercial vessels.

Rob Hancock, Vice President, Community Engagement
BUZZARDS BAY COALITION
Main - 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Cape - 21 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Tel - 508-999-6363 x.222
www.savebuzzardsbay.org