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Throughout the course of the past year, Extension staff from Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension worked with the the state floodplain office at the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create an updated model bylaw ensuring compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Most…
Woods Hole Sea Grant is committed to building inclusive marine science programs that serve people with unique backgrounds, circumstances, needs, perspectives, and ways of thinking. To help further this mission, the program has awarded funding to seven projects aimed at taking steps toward addressing the issue. “Woods Hole Sea Grant recognizes the need for innovative…
This year’s Knauss Fellowship has certainly been different than previous years for the 68 participants in the one-year program that places early career professionals in federal government offices in Washington D.C. The fellowships start in February and the impacts of COVID-19 soon followed, forcing major changes to the way the fellows did their work. Sean McNally, a WHSG-sponsored fellow who recently…
The Woods Hole Sea Grant Program supports research, education, and extension projects that encourage environmental stewardship, long-term economic development, and responsible use of the nation’s coastal and ocean resources. It is part of the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a network of 33 individual programs located in…
Try these tasty recipes developed by chefs Michael Beriau and Bethany Gregory as part of a Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension project on market development to diversify aquaculture products in Massachusetts. Give them a shot and let us know what you think on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram! BBQ Oysters Parmesan With Linguica and…
Story courtesy of the NOAA Office of Education In early March of 2020, communities around the country were preparing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and businesses faced closures, and people everywhere were dealing with unprecedented uncertainties. So when Nicole Bartlett with NOAA’s Regional Collaboration network reached out to Grace Simpkins, an educator with…
Beginning in 2018, Extension agents from Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension (WHSG/CCCE) worked with Cape Cod Commission staff to develop Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) plans for seven Cape Cod towns and supported several other towns with presentation and technical assistance. The MVP program, run by the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental…
Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG) Education Specialist Grace Simpkins is usually a presence in classrooms across the region, bringing her popular Coasts, Oceans, and Stewardship program (COAST) directly to students to talk about the science of WHSG, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Like many…
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