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New Marine Extension Bulletin Takes a Look at History, Feasibility of Using Discarded Christmas Trees in Dune Stabilization In the days following the holidays when it’s time to clear out all the decorations, Massachusetts residents often wonder what to do with their Christmas trees. In coastal areas of Massachusetts that often leads to questions about…
Woods Hole Sea Grant recently assisted the Roger Williams Law School’s Marine Affairs Institute in the production of Massachusetts-specific fact sheets on climate change and municipal legal liability. The fact sheets, created by the institute in collaboration with the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program and MIT Sea Grant, are: Climate Change and Government Negligence Liability…
Joint Effort with Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Yields Strong Results Benefitting Both Recreational and Commercial Fisheries Across Region Media AdvisoryDecember 2, 2020For Immediate Release Contact: Harriet Booth, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension harriet.booth@barnstablecounty.org (508) 375-6634 (Woods Hole, Mass.) – The Woods Hole Sea Grant program (WHSG) recently provided $19,400…
Two candidates sponsored by the Woods Hole Sea Grant program for the 2021 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program recently received their placements. Each year, approximately 70 finalists are selected nationally for the prestigious Fellowship to spend a year in Washington, D.C., working in Congress or the Executive Branch on critical marine policy…
Did you know oyster farming has economic, environmental, health, and social benefits for our communities? Check out our short video about oyster farming in Massachusetts.
A new “Compostable Food Serviceware Buying Guide” aims to provide restaurants and other food service businesses alternatives to plastic take-out containers and serviceware, like cups, plates, bowls and utensils. Created in collaboration with the Wellfleet Recycling Committee and Woods Hole Sea Grant and released by CARE for the Cape & Islands, the guide grew out…
To help homeowners protect their family and their property from these hazards, Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension have produced the newly updated Massachusetts Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Coastal Hazards.
The World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series is sponsored by the Town of Plymouth Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs in partnership with Woods Hole Sea Grant, NOAA and Wildlands Trust. As the Town of Plymouth will be celebrating its 400th anniversary in 2020, stream restoration will be a highlight of the celebrations. In recognition…
This program will support research to address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American Lobster and its fishery is being impacted by environmental change. It is informed by listening sessions with regional fishing industry stakeholders, state and federal fisheries managers, and university, state and federal fisheries researchers. Research topics suitable for study on American…
Seven new research projects sponsored by Woods Hole Sea Grant will focus on priority issues in the Massachusetts coastal environment, including shark-seal-human interactions, microplastics sources and fate in marine ecosystems, river herring population studies, and coastal resiliency. The two-year projects will be conducted by researchers at Massachusetts academic institutions and other non-profit organizations. The awards…