Posts by Stephanie Murphy
Lucy Perkins Selected NOAA Coastal Management Fellow
Lucy Perkins has been awarded a NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship. The Coastal Management Fellowship offers postgraduate students on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy, placing them in states across the U.S. to work on projects that address critical coastal management topics such as community resilience, climate adaptation, and environmental justice. Perkins…
Read MoreWe’re Back in the Classroom!
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s COAST program is back in the classroom! In February, after nearly two years of virtual programming, WHSG educator Grace Simpkins returned to schools in Falmouth, Barnstable, Mashpee, and beyond, providing in-person, hands-on coastal ocean science lessons for kids. During the pandemic, Simpkins and her colleagues developed the successful NOAALive! webinar series,…
Read MoreMaximizing Surf Clam Aquaculture in a Changing Climate
If you’ve ever walked along the beach and found a giant clam shell, big enough to bring home and use as a soap dish, you’ve seen a surf clam. And if you’ve ever enjoyed a bowl clam chowder or a plate of fried clam strips, then you’ve also eaten them. Normally found in colder deep…
Read MoreResearch Measures Views on Seals and Sharks
Newly released research results highlight striking differences and some similarities in the way visitors, voters, and commercial fishermen view seals and white sharks on Cape Cod. The findings of the Woods Hole Sea Grant-funded project can help advance marine conservation, promote responsible stewardship, and foster co-existence. From June to September 2021, representative samples of Cape…
Read MoreGetting a Leg Up on Floodplain Management
Providing guidance to regulators and builders on floodplain management is part of Woods Hole Sea Grant’s mission to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal and marine resources. When it comes to building in a floodplain – areas at risk of flooding after significant rainfall – there are myriad regulations set by local, state,…
Read MoreKnauss Fellow Profile: Violet Doucette
Woods Hole Sea Grant sponsored three 2022 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows from Massachusetts. They are among 68 fellows placed in federal government offices in Washington, D.C. In this issue we profile Violet Doucette, who began her fellowship in the office of Sen. Ed Markey (MA) in February 2022. Hometown: Cambridge, Massachusetts Area of…
Read MoreDune Poster Student Art Contest
See all the winning works Thanks to all the students who participated in our dune poster student art contest! We received so many creative works demonstrating the need to protect fragile dune ecosystems. Some of the winning art will be used on posters at beaches across Cape Cod and the islands.
Read MoreBoat Shrink Wrap Recycling Underway Through June 30
Five transfer stations across Cape Cod are accepting clean shrink wrap through June 30, 2022. Woods Hole Sea Grant is partnering with Barnstable County and five towns across the Cape to collect and recycle boat shrink wrap. Cape residents can bring clean, rolled shrink wrap to transfer stations in Bourne, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet. Thanks…
Read MoreGuest student internship available
Woods Hole Sea Grant American Lobster Research and Outreach Internship Application deadline: May 6, 2022 Internship duration: June 2022 – August 2022 (10-11 weeks) Woods Hole Sea Grant (http://seagrant.whoi.edu) is seeking an undergraduate guest student to assist in the program’s activities related to the National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (https://seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/american-lobster-initiative/). This internship could be…
Read MoreNews Release: Woods Hole Sea Grant Launches $1.5 Million in Coastal Research Projects for 2022-2023
(Woods Hole, MA) – The Woods Hole Sea Grant program has awarded researchers from Massachusetts funds to support five new projects addressing an array of pressing coastal issues. The funded projects focus on economically and environmentally important issues in the Massachusetts coastal environment, including mortality of striped bass in the recreational fishery, the design of…
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