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Storms, Erosion, Flooding

Storms, Erosion, Flooding Seventy-five percent of the population of Massachusetts lives in coastal counties and our coasts provide an even greater number of people a wide range of economic, social, and recreational opportunities. Competing uses of our coastline can result in conflicts between the protection of waterfront upland property and the preservation of the beneficial…

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River Herring Network Update

Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For hundreds of years, people used to gather herring at their local…

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter

  Coastal Impacts WHOI Sea Grant Newsletter August 2024 Table of Contents SUBSCRIBE » Newsletter subscribe form ISSUE ARCHIVE » Read past issues of Coastal Impacts CURRENT ISSUE » “Coastal Impacts” home Follow us on Facebook!@WHOISeaGrant Tweet us on Twitter@WHOISeaGrant Find us on Instagram@WHOISeaGrant Sorry, we couldn’t find any posts. Please try a different search.…

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter – March 2024

  Coastal Impacts WHOI Sea Grant Newsletter March 2024 Table of Contents SUBSCRIBE » Newsletter subscribe form ISSUE ARCHIVE » Read past issues of Coastal Impacts CURRENT ISSUE » “Coastal Impacts” home Follow us on Facebook!@WHOISeaGrant Tweet us on Twitter@WHOISeaGrant Find us on Instagram@WHOISeaGrant The First Leap: One O-STEAM fellow’s experience Questions swirled in my…

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Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference 2024

Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference October 1, 2024 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The free conference will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society 79 Beach Rd Vineyard Haven, Mass. 02568 Contact Shelly McComb, WHOI Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Islands Conference Homepage & Archive AGENDA   9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Check…

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Coastal Resilience Fair

COASTAL RESILIENCE FAIR Saturday, June 8 1 – 4 p.m. Kick-off Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week 2024 with us! Learn about how to make our community more resilient to storms and flooding and have some fun at the same time! Kids activities, crafts, & games, food trucks, Naukabout beer, food trucks, a bike maintenance and…

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter – November 2023

  Coastal Impacts WHOI Sea Grant Newsletter November 2023 Table of Contents SUBSCRIBE » Newsletter subscribe form ISSUE ARCHIVE » Read past issues of Coastal Impacts CURRENT ISSUE » “Coastal Impacts” home Follow us on Facebook!@WHOISeaGrant Tweet us on Twitter@WHOISeaGrant Find us on Instagram@WHOISeaGrant 50 Years of WHOI Sea Grant The program celebrated a major…

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