What's New?

Peabody North River Flood Project
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Our third annual Swim & Fin OceanFest July 19th was a great success! Check out www.swimandfin.org for race results and photos.

A Special Thanks to the City of Salem and the event sponsors:

North Shore Medical Center, Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Hawthorne Cove Marina, The Dr. Michael Medlock Family
Beverly Cooperative Bank, Eden Street Consulting, Eye Catcher Art,
Flagship Adventures, LLC, Warren Light Craft.

What a Fantastic Way to Celebrate our SUCCESS in cleaning up SALEM SOUND. ______________________________________________________________ 

Read about Salem Sound Coastwatch's new restoration and habitat monitoring projects funded by the CZM Wetland Restoration Program. We will also be conducting a clam survey at Mill Pond in Gloucester this fall and we will be adding more about this on the website soon.
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Check out our calendar for monitoring and clean up activities
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Coastwatch continues to work the "Top 5 Tasks for Salem Sound Watershed"
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The concept plan for the development of a South River Park at 15 Peabody Street, Salem is available in PDF format. ____________________________________________________________ 
We have made an extensive addition to our website with the
Marine Introduced Species Monitoring Resource Center.
Developed by Salem Sound Coastwatch through funding from
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, it provides
a wealth of information necessary for volunteers to become
MIS monitors or for volunteer coordinators to initiate a monitoring
program. Also, check out our monitoring manual available in a
downloadable PDF, A Citizen's Guide to Monitoring Marine Invasive Species and our Laminated ID Cards Guide to Marine Invaders in the Gulf of Maine. ______________________________________________________________

AWARDS:
Barbara Warren, SSCW Executive Director, was the recipient of an EPA New England Enivronmental Merit Award, April 18th 2007.

Michael Medlock receivedVolunteer Service Award from Salem Sound Coastwatch for his commitment and hard work to make the Swim & Fin Ocean Fest a reality.

Salem Sound Coastwatch receives Gulf of Maine Visionary Award
and commendations from the City of Salem's Mayor Stanley Usovicz, and
Senator Berry, and Salem Representative John Keenan, 2004.
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The Marine Resources of Salem Sound, 1997
Technical Report TR-6, MA DMF, DFWELE, EOEA
by Bardford C. Chase, Jeffrey H. Plouff, and Wayne M. Castonguay
is now available in PDF format. A wealth of information on Salem Sound, STILL worth reading!
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South Essex Sewerage District Wastewater Treatment Facility
in Salem was awarded by EPA New England an
"Operations and Maintenance Wastewater Excellence Award"
in the large secondary plant category.

SSCW

Since 1991