Don't Miss Out - Be a Part of Swim Buzzards Bay, July 14
 It's hard to believe that our 14th Annual
Swim Buzzards Bay is less than two months away! Each year Bay lovers from 12 to well past 70 years old join us and we hope you will too!
There's still plenty of time to join the Coalition in making the statement that clean water is important to you by being a part of this 1.2-mile open water swim through the Bay. If you're worried about training, we'll introduce you to all the right people to get you going. And if you're worried about fundraising, we have over 100 tips for reaching the $150 fundraising minimum.
New this year! Swimmers who raise $1,000 or more will receive a family size L.L. Bean Soft Pack Cooler personalized with the Coalition logo. Perfect for the beach, the ballgame, or any summertime activity, this soft-sided cooler is fully insulated to keep lunch, drinks, and snacks cold (or hot) for hours.
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Herring Monitoring Program Continues
 The Coalition is in its second year of monitoring river herring populations in Wareham's Agawam River in conjunction with the Wareham Herring Agents.
Herring are consider a 'foundation'
fish for the Buzzards Bay ecosystem as the fate of the Bay's sportfish
and waterbirds are all closely linked to them. Bay herring populations have collapsed in recent years and the cause continues to evade regional fisheries managers.
In
2005, the state banned herring catch in all rivers due to serious
declines. Today, only a fraction of the historic populations of herring
still make the journey up the Bay into local streams and ponds.
The Agawam River supports one of the largest existing fish runs in
Buzzards Bay, yet migrating fish populations in the river have never
been consistently monitored-until now. Using electronic fish counters to
determine herring populations we hope to build a long-term data set that will help decision makers resolve the problem of declining populations.
We need volunteers to help us monitor
the fish counting equipment. If you would like to learn more contact Tony Williams, Director of Monitoring
Programs at 508-999-6363 x203.
Find out more about river herring from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries here |
Chesapeake Bay Advocate Offers Hope for the Future of Buzzards Bay
 Tom Horton, award-winning author of
Turn the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay and former environmental columnist for the Baltimore
Sun, presented the second lecture in our Global Nitrogen Pollution Crisis series on April 26th. Horton shared with the audience the lessons learned from a quarter century of
restoring the Chesapeake Bay and offered hope for Buzzards Bay's future.
Did you miss the lecture? Click here for a synopsis of Horton's talk, written by Coalition member John Garfield.
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Next Adopt A Shoreline, June 23
The next Adopt A Shoreline beach cleanup is
scheduled for June 23 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM
at Marsh
Island on the eastern shore of New Bedford Harbor.
Volunteers are needed! To sign up and for more information, contact Donna Cobert at 508-999-6363, ext. 209.
  Above: Before (left) and after (right) photos from last month's Adopt A Shoreline cleanup at the Acushnet Sawmill, a property recently acquired by the Coalition. Twenty-five volunteers collected 60 bags of trash, along with a pile of paint cans, car parts and other assorted junk. The next cleanup at the Acushnet Sawmill is scheduled for July 21 from 9:00-11:00 AM.
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Coalition Seeks Summer Outreach Assistants
We are looking to hire two part-time, 8-hour per week Summer Outreach Assistants who will be responsible for weekend staffing
of the Coalition's soon-to-be-opened Woods Hole office (located in the village at 21 Luscombe Avenue,
Woods Hole near the Steamship Authority terminal) during the months of July, August and
September. Click here for a full job description. Other open positions include Staff Ecologist and Communications Associate. |
CBB in the News
Much of the Coalition's work puts us at the
forefront of the region's top environmental issues.
Here are a few recent stories that mention our efforts.
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Swim Buzzards Bay swimmer Eric Stoermer of Cataumet is keenly aware of the importance of a clean and healthy Buzzards Bay is to all of our lives. In fact, he makes his living developing and marketing products that will help keep the Bay and other water bodies like it safe from the effects of nitrogen pollution... 
