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Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Presentations and fact sheets from past workshops are available for download by clicking the links below

February 6, 2007
Aquatic Invasive Species Program

AIS Presentation
Charles Hernick, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

April 4, 2005
Wetland Protection Act

Wetland Protection Act
John Rockwell, Buzzards Bay Project

March 21, 2005
Climate Change and its Impacts on Public Health

Climate Change and Public Health
Cindy L. Parker MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Climate Change and Climatology
Patrick L. Kinney, Sc.D., Associate Professor Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

March 10, 2005
Coastal Stream Habitat Restoration: Series 2

Fish Passage -- Restoring Habitat Connections in Coastal Streams: Assessing and Addressing Barriers to Fish Migration

A Survey of Anandromous Fish Passage in Coastal Massachussetts (contact speaker, phillips.brady@state.ma.us)
Phil Brady, Massachussetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Fish Passage in the North East: Old Problems, New Solutions
Alex Haro, USGS
Marstons Mills Herring Run
Doug Kalweit, Barnstable Department of Natural Resources
A Case Study in Improving Fish Passage in the Coonamessett River
Chuck Martinson, Falmouth Department of Natural Resources

November 12, 2004
Coastal Stream Habitat Restoration Workshop: Series 1

Steps to a Successful Restoration Project

Introduction to Habitat Restoration in Rivers and Streams
Jim MacCartney, Trout Unlimited/National Park Service
The Restoration Process
Jim Turek, NOAA Restoration Center
Navigating the Statutes and Regulations to Restore Aquatic Resources in MA
Karen Pelto, MA Riverways Program
Project Planning for Restoration
David Gould, Town of Plymouth Department of Natural Resources
Designing and Implementing Restorative Actions for Streams and Rivers
Matt Bernier, Kleinschmidt Associates
Implementing Riparian & Channel Restoration on the White River
Eric Derleth, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Evaluating Success: The Importance of Restoration Monitoring
Channel Design and the Forgotton Flood Plain
Sean Smith, MD Department of Natural Resources

Coastal Stream Habitat Restoration Workshop: Additional Resources
VT Stream Geomorphic Assessment protocols at the VT Department of Environmental Conservation, River Management Program web site: www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/rivers/htm/rv_geoassesspro.htm
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program general information and be viewed at: http://partners.fws.gov/index.htm and more specific although somewhat dated information for MA can be viewed at: http://partners.fws.gov/pdfs/pMA.pdf

Municipal Wind Fact Sheets
These fact sheets created by the Renewable Energy Lab at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, recently released with funding from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.

Wind Technology
Community Wind Performance
Capacity Factor
Impacts and Issues
Siting
Resource Assessment
Wind Resource Interpretation
Permitting
Hull Wind Case Study