Salem, MA — As part of the Essex National Heritage Area’s annual Trails and Sails event series, students from Salem Public Schools, members of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, the City of Salem, and Salem Sound Coastwatch created an historically-accurate fishing weir at Cat Cove… Read More »Indigenous Fishing Weir Built in Salem Harbor
Salem, MA — We would like to thank our partners at Engineering with Nature, Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, and Northeastern University for making this living shoreline improvement project possible. Plantings by Ramboll staff and Northeastern students will begin the week of September 25th, 2023. To… Read More »New Planting at Collins Cove Living Shoreline
Sophia is a current student at Salem Academy Charter School with a passion for art and graphic design, programming, and working with immigrant communities. Starting with SSCW in June 2023, Sophia has taken on such projects as helping plan and paint public murals at schools… Read More »Meet the Interns: Sophia
In April, Salem Sound Coastwatch welcomed Carly McIver, our newest addition to our School to Sea program, to the long-standing education program. Carly grew up in Marblehead, but her adventures teaching in museums, zoos, and outdoor schools all across the country has led her back… Read More »SSCW Welcomes New School to Sea Director
Over the Easter weekend, it appears that a celebration was held on Winter Island, leaving behind a large amount of Mylar plastic pieces on the ground and dangerously close to…