Last week, young leaders from YouthBuild North Shore took the initiative to clean up the North River in Peabody, and their efforts made a significant impact. Together, they removed an incredible amount of debris, including a grocery cart, a suitcase, a bicycle, and even a… Read More »YouthBuild North Shore Tackles Trash Along the North River
Removing the lead-contaminated soils at the Leadmills in 2011 and Marblehead and Salem coming together to create the Lead Mills Conservation Area along the Forest River and inner Salem Harbor were huge accomplishments. Because the cleanup extended into the intertidal zone, the fringing salt marsh… Read More »Freeing the Fringing Salt Marsh from Plastic Netting
Henry Hirsch, a rising high school senior interested in a career in oceanography, joined Salem Sound Coastwatch this summer to explore the coastline and help develop new long-term blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) population studies. Blue mussels are an iconic habitat forming species that reportedly experienced… Read More »A Thank You to SSCW’s Intern, Henry!
This summer, Salem Sound Coastwatch was pleased to work with Endicott College intern, Ayushi Naik. A rising-junior environmental science student, Ayushi was involved in a wide variety of our field studies and scientific research. Ayushi assisted with our WHOI Sea Grant study, which investigated the… Read More »A Thank You to SSCW’s Endicott College Intern, Ayushi!
Salem Sound Coastwatch is pleased to announce that Jack Nessen of Danvers, MA has joined the Board of Directors. Jack is the Geographic Information Systems Manager at Mass Audubon where he leads efforts to leverage geospatial technology and information in support of conservation science, land… Read More »Jack Nessen Joins Salem Sound Coastwatch Board