Posts by Stephanie Murphy
River Herring Network Gathers
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Abigail Archer is the River Herring Network coordinator and helped organize this year’s annual meeting, which included participants from 16 towns, 12 watershed organizations and nonprofits, three federal agencies, three state agencies, and two academic institutions. After two years of meeting virtually, river herring wardens and others from along the Massachusetts…
Read More20th Annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference Held
Once a year for the last twenty years, the residents of Wellfleet and their neighbors from nearby towns have been invited to learn about the latest science and current issues affecting the health, ecology and resources of Wellfleet Harbor and its surrounding waters. The meeting was moderated by Abigail Archer, with WHOI Sea Grant/Cape Cod…
Read MoreBiennial Request for Proposals
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant (WHOI Sea Grant) requests proposals for two-year projects (2024-2025) from investigators at academic, research and educational institutions throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Funded projects will fill information gaps or provide innovative solutions to pressing coastal issues in Massachusetts. Important dates Pre-proposal deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 4:30 pm Eastern…
Read MoreElevation Certificate Workshop
How to Complete and Review the FEMA Elevation Certificate A free virtual workshop for the New England area on how to complete and review the FEMA Elevation Certificate. Two workshop dates offered; please apply for only one. Hosted by Woods Hole Sea Grant and MIT Sea Grant. About this workshop Accurate Elevation Certificates are critical…
Read More2022 Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference
After a longer than expected hiatus, the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference is back! The much-anticipated 6th meeting of the Islands Coastal Conference series will be held on October 24th at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven. This free conference will be held in person and will follow all town and state COVID protocols…
Read MoreGirls In Science Program Is Underway!
Summer is in full swing and our Girls in Science program is underway! Ten fellows arrived in Woods Hole on Sunday, Aug. 7, to begin the first week-long session. A second cohort of fellows arrive on Aug. 14. Woods Hole Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins is leading the fellows with WHOI marine mammal biologist Laela…
Read MoreHigh School Student Helps Develop TideRider “Virtual Buoy”
Over the past four years, Mike Jakuba, a senior engineer at WHOI, has worked with Brookline High School student Patrick McGuire to build the next generation coastal profiling platform, an inexpensive “virtual buoy” and a platform for other sensors. The project was funded through Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Program Development Fund and has since received…
Read MoreTeaching the teachers about Sea-level Rise, Storms and Flooding
Woods Hole Sea Grant extension agents Greg Berman and Shannon Hulst teamed up with Education Specialist Grace Simpkins to share their knowledge and expertise with a group of educators at a day-long workshop in July. Looking at sea level data from the past and models of future conditions, Greg addressed how sea-level rise and storm…
Read MoreMeet Our Summer Interns
Carolyn King is a senior at Bridgewater State University, who is studying psychology and is a participant in the Sea Grant Community Engaged Internship program. A first generation Cape Verdean-American, Carolyn has been busy researching connections between Cape Verdean and Cape Cod maritime culture this summer for a multi-media exhibit. Her work highlights Cape Verdean…
Read MoreGraduate Research Fellow: Nicole Vandale
Nicole Vandale, Northeastern University, Marine and Environmental Science Project: Evaluating the variation in surface microplastic concentrations due to seasonal environmental abiotic factors in the Boston Harbor estuary system Short Bio: I am from Holden, Massachusetts and graduated from Eckerd College with a Bachelors of Science in Marine Science with Honors. While at Eckerd, I was…
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