On April 4th, Salem Sound Coastwatch’s School to Sea program joined students from across the North Shore at the Peabody Essex Museum for the North Shore Youth Climate Leadership Summit, an annual event organized and led entirely by youth through Mass Audubon’s Youth Climate Leadership… Read More »Spotlight: Oysters at the PEM with School to Sea
Salem Sound Coastwatch is pleased to announce that Gitte Venicx has joined us as our new Executive Director. “After a competitive hiring process, the Search Committee is excited to welcome Gitte Venicx as our Executive Director,” said Rebecca Dupont-Coutu, SSCW Board Chair. “Her combination of… Read More »Welcome Our New Executive Director
For decades, blue mussels were one of the most familiar sights on New England’s rocky shores, forming dense beds that supported a web of marine life. A growing body of scientific research paints a starkly different picture today: wild mussel populations in the Gulf of Maine have declined dramatically over the last 40… Read More »Spotlight: Blue Mussels
Salem Sound Coastwatch is excited to announce that we have begun our search for a permanent leader to bring the organization into its next chapter. This is a chance to join us at a key moment in our history as we build on decades of… Read More »Search Launched for Next Executive Director
For more than 35 years, Salem Sound Coastwatch has monitored the health of our local waters and now has three volunteer-powered water quality programs: Clean Beaches & Streams, Water Quality & Tributaries, and the Sustained Estuarine Continuous Water Quality Array for Long-term Science (SECWQALS). Each… Read More »Spotlight: Water Quality and Greenscapes