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COASTWATCHC e n t e r f o r C o a s t a l S t u d i e s ■ P r o v i n c e t o w n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s ■ 2 0 1 6 ■ V o l u m e 3 9
plus 2015 Annual Financial Report
Dear Friends and Colleagues of the Center for Coastal Studies,At our 40th Anniversary Gala in June 2016, we celebrated and reflected on our many substantive contributions to coastal and ocean conservation, even while knowing that the next 40 years will be all the more challenging! In fact, I believe that the critical time is the next decade. In the next few years, very significant efforts will be necessary in order to understand and then take action to address the ever-growing threats to coastal and ocean ecosystems and to our own communities.
The world’s hotspot for increasing sea surface temperatures unfortunately is right off our shore in the Gulf of Maine. I believe that we at the Center for Coastal Studies are well positioned in 2017 to step up our high quality scientific research, public education and policy activities on behalf of coasts and oceans.To answer the call to action, we are completing a major upgrade and expansion of our science laboratories, to further the research you care about, and expand our collaborations with the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Cornell University and many othersOur newly-designed atrium will feature the 35-foot skeleton of our old friend, Spinnaker, the humpback whale our disentanglement team rescued on three different occasions–but who ultimately did not make it. This skeleton will be the main feature of our new public education space where we will welcome more students, and friends like you to our “marine community center.”In 2017, we also will launch a new research vessel that will expand our sea-going range and capabilities, as we focus on ocean threats including increasing noise levels, widespread marine debris, and water pollution threats including pharmaceuticals, as well as the known and still to be understood system-wide impacts from a rapidly warming atmosphere and ocean.While these problems are daunting, together we have addressed challenging issues successfully in the past 40 years; and I know that our dedicated and talented staff is prepared to do whatever we can to tackle these new threats. We are counting on your continued interest and support as we move into the next 40 years.This issue of Coastwatch, coupled with our Annual Report, will afford you an opportunity to reflect on what you have helped us achieve recently and again we thank you for that support. I hope you will share our resolve to do even more for ocean and coastal conservation as we begin a new critically important chapter together.Thank you.
President and CEO
LETTERFROM THEPRESIDENT & C.E.O.
CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORSWilliam a. Bonn
PRESIDENT AND CEORichaRd delaney
C O A S T W A T C His a publication of the Center for Coastal Studies
115 Bradford Street/5 Holway AvenueProvincetown, MA 02657Tel. (508) 487-3622Fax: (508) 487-4495E-mail: [email protected] Campus Provincetown
©2016 Center for Coastal Studies
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INTRODUCING THE CAPE COD CLIMATE CHANGE COLLABORATIVEIn December 2015 our President and CEO Rich Delaney traveled to Paris for the COP21 Climate Conference; there he witnessed 196 global leaders reach an agreement to mitigate climate change. In spring 2016 Rich shared his experiences in a series of presentations to Cape community and environmental organizations and inspired a local movement - the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative (CCCCC). The Collaborative is a Cape-wide campaign to unite the varied expertise and experience of Cape Cod organizations to address the impacts of climate change. Here on the Cape we have an acute understanding of the threats of sea level rise and impacts on fisheries resulting from climate change. The goal of the Collaborative is to be a strong regional voice and a model for the rest of the state in stimulating a comprehensive approach to climate change by promoting local and regional strategies for climate change planning, mitigation and adaptation. By linking available knowledge, talent and tools of people, organizations and businesses on Cape Cod, we can address the impacts of climate change. Through voluntary agreements and development of a communications network, there is the opportunity to integrate actions and interests of existing entities to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. carbon footprint) that contribute to climate change. The goals of the Collaborative are to:
• Develop a set of Cape-wide benchmarks for reducing dependence on fossil fuels.• Assist local organizations in identifying and developing achievable objectives for
reducing their carbon footprints.• Monitor progress toward reaching those objectives.• Educate youth about the causes of climate change and generate youth
participation in these carbon reduction activities.• Publicize progress made toward individual and Cape-wide bench-marks.• Advocate for policies that will further efforts to improve energy efficiency and
reduce carbon emissions.The Collaborative is gaining momentum; since the launch, an additional five businesses have pledged their support to the initiative. For more information, or to become a collaborator, please visit coastalstudies.org/ccccc.
CCCCC Co-Founders Association to Preserve Cape CodCape Cod Chamber of CommerceCape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s AllianceCape Cod CommissionCape Cod National SeashoreCape Light CompactCenter for Coastal StudiesFriends of Pleasant BayPleasant Bay AlliancePleasant Bay Community BoatingWellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
CCCCC Collaborators
CARE for the Cape and Islands Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc.Cape AirCape CoolOcean Protection Advocacy Kids
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EDUCATIONThe Center’s Director of Marine Education, Jesse Mechling, continues to provide high quality, hands-on K–12 and public education and outreach, connecting children and adults to the coastal and marine environment of the Outer Cape. This year the 6th Annual Whale Week was our biggest and best yet; fifteen fun, family-friendly events attracted a record breaking 1,100 participants and raised almost $9,000 for our education programs! 2016 was the first full season of operation for the new SEA Space Marine Discovery Center, located at 333r Commercial Street. In addition to the interactive exhibits on display at SEA Space, visitors participated in seal walks, kayak tours, tidal pool explorations, and even got up close and personal with the microscopic critters that live in Provincetown Harbor. Our educators, along with dozens of willing volunteers, also led a number of marine debris cleanups on the Outer Cape resulting in the removal of over 34,000 pieces and 800 lbs of trash – most of it plastic – from two local beaches.All in all almost 5,000 individuals participated in the Center’s formal and informal learning sessions this year. With continued support from the Provincetown Tourism Fund, CARE for the Cape and Islands, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a number of individual donors, we plan to build on our success as one of the Cape’s leading environmental education organizations.
BY THE NUMBERS Herring Cove Beach CleanupMonday, May 23
9,165 pieces of trash collected in two hours by 13 AmeriCorps volunteers.
Position Quantity
10 Balloon/balloon strings
252
9 Styrofoam cups
253
8 Straws/stirrers 349
7 Nets/pieces of netting
457
6 Food Wrappers
515
5 Rope 521
4 Plastic wrapping/containers
660
3 Stryofoam pieces
928
2 Caps/lids 1231
1 Non-descript plastic pieces
1925
Meeting the critters that live in Provincetown Harbor.
Families came from far and wide to participate in Whale Week 2016.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT – COASTAL GEOLOGY In 2016 Dr. Graham Giese, director of the Center’s Land-Sea Interaction Program, led a study to develop a sediment budget for the Barnstable-Sandwich shoreline from the Cape Cod Canal to Barnstable Harbor. The study, which used a geomorphological model Graham developed while at the Center, fundamentally changed the way we understand the impacts
of the Cape Cod Canalon our coastline. So much so that when the findings were reported in a local newspaper, scientists from the US Geological Survey at Woods Hole contacted Graham to show him data that they had collected independently that corroborated his findings. Until they saw the Center’s findings they weren’t sure how their data fit into the established understanding of the impacts of the canal. This is the gold standard of scientific research: data collected for a separate scientific study (USGS) supports and corroborates another study (CCS) conducted elsewhere using different methods, upending long held
assumptions about a well-studied system. Congratulations to Graham and the Land-Sea Interaction Program!In several ways 2016 saw changes to the Seafloor Mapping Program that will show us the way forward for many years to come. Wrapping up our participation as one of four groups in a ground-breaking study funded by the US National Park to develop methods to produce benthic habitat maps in very shallow waters in selected coastal parks demonstrated the Program’s step up into the elite seafloor mapping laboratories on the east coast. The three other groups/parks were the University of Delaware at Assateague Island National Seashore, Rutgers University at Gateway National Recreation Area and The University of Rhode Island at Fire Island National Seashore. The profile and reputation of the seafloor mapping program continues to grow nationally and internationally. In the ‘best way to keep a lead is to extend a lead’ department, we designed and built a customized pontoon boat to map (and do science) in very shallow waters. The R/V Portnoy, named after Dr. John Portnoy, a coastal ecologist who worked for Cape Cod National Seashore for almost four decades, can navigate in six inches of water and can map with gear and a two-person crew in less than one foot of water. Dr. Mark Borrelli chaired a session on New Research in Coastal Environments at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America in September and delivered a talk about the R/V Portnoy and its first surveys entitled: ‘Mapping the Estuarine Seafloor with Vessel-Based Acoustic Instruments: The Shallowest Water Survey.’Lastly, and perhaps most importantly for future work, a new joint research laboratory between the Center and the University of Massachusetts Boston has come to fruition, with an official announcement to be delivered in December/January 2016-17. The physical lab space will be on the Boston campus, but in fact will be an extension of the seafloor mapping program at the Center. Mark has three graduate student advisees and is actively pursuing work with campus staff. The name of the lab was chosen to highlight not only the work of those working in it but also the relationship between the two entities: The Coastal Processes and Ecosystems Lab or simply, the CAPE lab.
What is a sediment budget?Sediment budget refers to the balance between sediment added to and removed from the coastal system. When more material is added than is removed, there is a surplus of sediment and the shore builds seaward. On the other hand, when more material is removed than is added, there is a deficit in sediment supply and the shore retreats landward.
Sediment budget also refers to the sources that deliver sediment to the coast and the places where it is temporarily or permanently stored. The storage sites are known as sediment sinks. To calculate the sediment budget for a coastal segment, one must identify all the sediment sources and sinks, and estimate how much sediment is being added to or taken from the beach each year. This is an extremely difficult task and as a result, few sediment budgets have been accurately determined.
Mapping the seafloor of the shallow waters of Wellfleet Harbor aboard the R/V/ Portnoy.
Bathymetry (seafloor topography) of Wellfleet Harbor.
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MARINE ANIMAL ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE (MAER)If you received our latest letter, you’ll know that the MAER team has had an extraordinarily busy year, racking up more than 60 days at sea and freeing eight humpback whales, two finback whales, one North Atlantic right whale and nine sea turtles from entanglements in fishing gear.
Please Stand By!We are deeply grateful to the recreational boaters, commercial fishermen, whale watch crews and passengers, and the members of the Massachusetts Environmental Police and US Coast Guard who reported, and most importantly, stood by entangled marine animals until the MAER crew arrived on scene. Without their assistance, the outcome for these whales and turtles could be much different.
One would think that it’s a relatively straightforward task to find an entangled whale if you know where it was last sighted, but nothing could be further from the truth; nine times out of ten, if a boat does not stay with an entangled whale it will not be found by rescuers in the same day. Not only do whales dive for up to 30 minutes, but they can cover large distances in a relatively short period of time. Without anyone standing by, rescuers may have to wait until the whale is found again by chance. Because of this, standing by is considered the single most important step in disentangling a whale.
Building CapacityEntanglement is a global issue, and the Center is working with organizations all over the world to educate and equip response teams. This year the MAER crew hosted and trained responders from Florida, Virginia, Chile and Canada. They
also manufactured and supplied specially designed disentanglement tools to response teams in the UK, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Chile, Thailand and Greenland, as well as Alaska, British Colombia, Washington, California, Hawaii, Georgia, the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland.
Under the leadership of David Mattila, the Global Whale Entanglement Response Network (GWERN), an initiative established by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and headquartered at CCS, has has continued to grow and more than 750 people have now received entanglement response training through the program. At the time of writing, David is leading a workshop in Thailand; other sessions have been held in the environmental protection area of Baleia Franca and the surrounding State of Catarina in southern Brazil, in Los Organos, Peru, and in Nuuk, Greenland.
David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, instructs responders in southern Brazil. Image courtesy of IWC.
David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, instructs responders in Nuuk, Greenland. Image courtesy of IWC.
Time is of the essence when trying to locate an entangled whale.
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WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMThe Center began monitoring the quality of the coastal waters of Cape Cod in 2006. Since then the program, directed by Dr. Amy Costa, has expanded to include over 130 stations on the Cape and Islands and 20 stations in the offshore water of Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay and Nantucket Sound. This program is the longest-running and only bay-wide monitoring being conducted in Cape Cod Bay, and the only water quality monitoring being regularly conducted in Nantucket Sound. The information collected through the program is expanding our understanding of how human activities and management actions affect our surrounding water bodies.Sampling at these sites is a collaborative effort carried out by staff at the Center for Coastal Studies, volunteer Citizen Scientists, and several partnering organizations. The collected water samples are analyzed by scientists at the Center’s state-certified laboratory for key indicators of environmental health such as nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen.In Spring 2016 the Center launched a new website to make the water quality monitoring data available to the public. The site features an interactive map
showing each of the individual monitoring stations; the user simply clicks on a station to download graphs and spreadsheets of all the data collected for that location. The website also includes information on the threats to our waters, sample parameters, and the effects of these on the health of the Bay. The site was designed to be easily accessible to all interested parties, from researchers, to town managers, to school groups. The continued success of the water quality monitoring program is due in part to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers, and to the support of our collaborators: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Buzzards Bay Coalition, Martha’s Vineyard Commission, Edgartown Shellfish Department, Three Bays Preservation, Town of Harwich, and Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance.
“Citizen Scientists” are a critical component of the water quality monitoring program. At least 20 inshore sites, from Provincetown to Plymouth, are sampled each week from May – October during mid-ebb tide by these dedicated volunteers. For more information about the Citizen Scientist program, please email [email protected].
Aimee Teaby is one of our volunteer Citizen Scientists who collect water samples from more than 20 inshore sites.
Data from the monitoring stations is available for download on the new website.
SEAL STUDIES PROJECTProject manager Lisa Sette is investigating the seasonal diet of gray seal (Halichoerus grypus grypus) and harbor seal (Phoca vitulina concolor) in Southeastern Massachusetts. Scat samples are collected monthly from seal haul outs. Once collected, the scats are processed and mined for hard parts such as otoliths (ear bones), squid beaks, and denticles; these hard parts are then analyzed to identify what prey items the seals consumed. With funding from the Island Foundation and the Friends of Pleasant Bay, CCS was able to sample and process over 100 scats through the research year.The hard parts recovered and analyzed so far indicate that seals appear to take advantage of seasonally available prey. Upcoming prey DNA analysis of scat sub-samples will help to identify other prey items missed in hard part analysis alone and provide a more complete picture of seal diet.
Seal project manager Lisa Sette works with Katherine McKenna from IFAW to collect seal scat from a haul out off Chatham, MA.
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RIGHT WHALE ROUND-UPLast winter and spring, Center researchers once more took to the air and the waves to collect information on the demographics, distribution and abundance of the rare and endangered North Atlantic right whales that visit our waters. This season saw exceptional numbers of right whales return to Cape Cod Bay, with a peak in sightings earlier than usual: A single-day season-high of 85 individuals was documented by the aerial survey team at the end of March, approximately one month earlier than the typical peak in sightings. Overall, approximately 35% of the known right whale population, currently estimated at 500 individuals, was observed in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters in 2016, though that number may rise as photo analysis of the season continues.
Among the right whale visitors to Cape Cod Bay this season were six mother-calf pairs. This important segment of the population stayed later than the rest of the right whales this season, feeding near the Plymouth shoreline through late April. The mom-calf pairs were closely monitored as the May 1 opening of the fixed gear fisheries approached, but the nursing mothers soon depleted the zooplankton food supply in the Bay and moved on to other habitats outside Massachusetts.
We were all devastated when one of the new calves, the 2016 offspring of right whale #1281, Punctuation, was found dead off Chatham only six days later, the victim of a collision with a large vessel.
The continued high abundance of right whales in Cape Cod Bay and the tragic loss of the calf illustrate how important this habitat is to the species and how crucial it is to remain vigilant in safe-guarding them from harmful impacts such as vessel collision and entanglement.
The Center is grateful to our colleagues at NOAA, the Division of Marine Fisheries and the Massachusetts Environmental Trust for their continued support of our right whale research and rescue programs, and to Joe Chronic and his co-pilots at New England Specialized Aviation Services for keeping us safe and on track during our aerial surveys.
Special thanks to Erin Burke, Protected Species Specialist at the Division of Marine Fisheries, for allowing us to reprint sections of this article, first published in DMF NEWS 1st and 2nd Quarters 2016–Volume 37
Got your whale tail plate yet?Did you know that the Massachusetts Environmental Trust uses funds generated in part by the sale of Whale
Tail license plates to support the Center’s right whale research and Marine Animal Entanglement Response programs? Visit Whaleplate.org to purchase your plate today – no visit to the RMV required!
Right whale #1281, Punctuation, with her young calf. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.
Brigid McKenna, Jessica Smart and Ryan Schosberg documenting right whales aboard the R/V Shearwater in March 2016.
BY THE NUMBERS 2016 Right Whale Season
Survey flights aboard Skymaster 36
Sampling cruises aboard R/V Shearwater 19
Right whales identified 178
Mom/calf pairs 6
V-shaped spout from right whale #3191. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.
Right whale #3115, Harmony, subsurface feeding alongside her 2016 calf and right whale #4023, Wolverine. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.
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MARINE FISHERIESWe are proud to announce that Owen Nichols, Director of the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Fisheries Research Program, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the John Annala Fishery Leadership Award by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). This award, which honors an early career scientist who is doing research that is relevant to fisheries in New England, was established in 2013 to recognize the contributions that John Annala, the GMRI’s first Chief Scientific Officer, made to the Institute, and to the fisheries science and management community in the northeast. Andrew Pershing, Chief Scientific Officer at GMRI, stated that “Owen’s research on the ecology of squid, an important emerging species, and his commitment to doing collaborative research with the fishing industry are a great example of the kind of work that the award was meant to recognize.” Congratulations, Owen!Some of Owen’s collaborations include:
Pleasant Bay Resource Assessment (PBRA): Funded by the Friends of Pleasant Bay, the PBRA incorporates seafloor mapping, benthic ecology, and seal and fisheries research–all conducted by CCS–to create a detailed study of the ecosystem of Pleasant Bay. When complete, a team led by Pat Hughes (CCS Director of Marine Policy) will use these data to make recommendations for a long-term monitoring and protection plan for the Bay.Gulf Stream Orphans (GSO) Project: GSOs are larval or juvenile tropical fish (such as the three pictured here) that arrive on
the north-flowing Gulf Stream current and take refuge in warm estuaries such as Pleasant Bay, presumably dying as the waters cool into the winter. The GSO project is an attempt to learn more about this phenomenon on a regional scale. Coordinated by UMass Boston MS student Michael O’Neill, the project will attempt to determine when these species first began to arrive in our waters, and in what numbers. This information will be incorporated into a database that will provide regional institutions, researchers, biologists and oceanographers with a better understanding of the coastal ecology of the Northeast U.S. For more information, please visit www.gsoproject.org.Other projects include field testing of subtidal aquaculture gear designed to reduce the potential incidence of sea
turtle entanglement; the research and development of a TickleDredge, a modified dredge designed to reduce flatfish bycatch in the sea scallop fishery; and monitoring oyster growth to determine the relative efficacy of surface (floating) culture vs. bottom culture. These efforts are all conducted in partnership with local commercial fishermen and shellfish farmers, as well as colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.
Juvenile spotfin butterflyfish.
Juvenile moonfish, one of the several species of Gulf Stream Orphans collected in Pleasant Bay.
Pleasant Bay is an important spawning area for horseshoe crabs.
Juvenile snowy grouper.
Photos this page by Owen Nichols
Satellite tag derived locations of humpback whales tagged in the Gulf of Maine, 2011-2015. Copyright The Center for Coastal Studies, The Marine Mammal Laboratory, The Australian Antarctic Division and The Marine Mammal Center. Note: These data belong to the Center for Coastal Studies, the Marine Mammal Laboratory, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Marine Mammal Center. The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners.
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HUMPBACK WHALE STUDIESDuring the 2016 field season, team members, directed by Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., spent over 60 days at sea in the Gulf of Maine and American Samoa. They identified over 400 individual whales in the Gulf of Maine, ranging from off Nantucket to Nova Scotia, and led a community whale naming event involving 53 new Gulf of Maine whales. One highlight of the season was five new calves documented in Salt’s lineage (born to her, three of her daughters and one of her granddaughters).
Research in 2016 focused on a range of topics, including: population dynamics, human impacts, and techniques to study humpback whale age and to assess pregnancy rates and stress. One achievement was the completion of a collaborative, multi-year satellite tagging study1. Satellite tagging is an important technique, but large whale tags are typically invasive and most do not achieve their expected transmission life. This was the first study to systematically monitor satellite tagged whales in order to better understand tag performance and effects. One of the most significant outcomes was the detection and correction of multiple design flaws in tags that had been previously tested and used widely in the field. One involved a feature that was common to a range of tagging projects conducted over the past 10 years, and it is possible that similar failures have occurred previously but were not documented. At the end of this project, satellite tagging is better understood and safer for whales than it was before. The results of this study will help to guide the use of satellite tagging as well as the development of future tag designs. It has also improved our understanding of humpback whale movements in the Gulf of Maine.
1. This project was a collaboration with the Marine Mammal Laboratory (WA), the Marine Mammal Center (CA), The Australian Antarctic Division and Cascadia Research Collective (WA). It was funded by NOAA and ExxonMobil through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
KEEPING IN TOUCHListen Up!Got internet? Then tune in to the Pelagic Report on WCAI, the local NPR news station for the Cape Coast and Islands. Each week Steve Junker speaks with a researcher from the Center for Coastal Studies about their work as it relates to the coastal and marine environment. Topics covered so far include water quality monitoring in our bays, whale and turtle disentanglement, sonar-mapping of the seafloor, right and humpback whale populations, the Slow Fish movement, seal scat studies, and much more. Podcasts of these short features are available online at www.capeandislands.org.
Going GreenIn an effort to reduce costs and minimize our impact on the environment, we are shifting many of our communications to direct email and social media. If you have not yet signed up to receive our e-newsletters, please visit our website – www.coastalstudies.org – and do it today. You’ll receive frequent program updates, event listings, and invitations to upcoming lectures, movies, activities and more. For up to the minute news from the Center, please LIKE our page on Facebook, too.
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CCS–FROM LIVING ROOM TO LABIn 1976 the Center for Coastal Studies was based in the front room of the Mayo household and in a small office above the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 they moved to slightly more spacious quarters at 59 Commercial Street, where controller Charlie Westcott’s office was literally a closet. In 2001, the Center purchased 115 Bradford Street from longtime board member and supporter Roslyn Garfield, and moved in the administrative staff. The science staff remained at 59 Commercial until 2006, when the long-awaited acquisition of a suitably sized marine lab was finally achieved with the purchase of the 13,000 square foot former high school annex at 5 Holway Avenue. In 2007 the Center formally dedicated its new lab in honor of the late Ruth Hiebert, a great supporter of the Center.Now, almost a decade later, we have begun a new round of renovations at the Lab. Not only will the reconfigured building house a brand new, state of the art analytical laboratory
(funded by a grant from the NSF) but it will also provide office space for the whole admin team, flexible work stations for visiting researchers and interns, and a high-tech conference room that will allow us to incorporate distance learning into our education programming. The centerpiece of the new facility will be the installation of the preserved and articulated skeleton of the beloved humpback whale Spinnaker, who died in May 2015.By January 2017, if all goes according to plan, the whole Center staff will be back under one roof for the first time in more than 15 years.
The Hiebert Marine Laboratory renovations are funded in part by the sale of 115 Bradford Street and grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and National Science Foundation, as well as generous pledges from our Board of Directors and several local businesses.
59 Commercial Street - home of the Center for Coastal Studies from 1978–2006.
By mid-September, the upper floor labs and library were packed and ready to go.
Four hours after the work crew arrived, the walls were down.
The new water quality monitoring lab, ready for installation of analytical equipment.
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40th Anniversary GalaIn June 2016, three hundred of the Center for Coastal Studies’ family, friends and alumni gathered together to honor our Founders, Dr. Charles “Stormy” Mayo, Dr. Barbara Shuler Mayo, and Dr. Graham Giese, and to celebrate 40 years of research, rescue and education at the Center. The event, coordinated by Laura Ludwig and a small army of dedicated volunteers, was a smashing success that ran the gamut from laughter, to tears, and back again. Hundreds of photographs were snapped throughout the night, but we only have room here for a select few. Enjoy!
We are so grateful to everyone who gave so freely of their time and talents to create such a special event. Thanks to them, the Gala generated more than $45,000 for our programs. What a community. What a night!
(L-R) Elizabeth Bradfield, Pat Hughes, Hal Minis and Lisa Sette.
Graham Giese.
(L-R) Karen Steuer, Stormy Mayo, Marilyn Marx, Carole Carlson, Irene Seipt.
CCS Board Chair Bill Bonn, State Senator Dan Wolf, Representative Sarah Peake, CCS President and CEO, Rich Delaney.
Standing Ovation for Stormy and Graham.
The crew from Provincetown Television.
Photos this page by Michael & Suz Karchmer
FY2015 Expenses: $3,240,644
Programs DevelopmentAdministration
18%
3%
79%
2%5%
20%
73%
FY2015 Revenues: $3,210,369Contracts and Grants
Earned Revenue Special Events
Contributions and Membership
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FY2015 SOURCE AND USE OF FUNDS SUMMARY
REVENUE 2015 2014
Contracts and Grants $2,348,928 $2,039,117
Contributions and Membership $648,168 $798,796
Earned Revenue $162,787 $119,473
Special Events $50,486 $26,408
Total $3,210,369 $2,983,794
EXPENSES 2015 2014
Programs $2,569,966 $2,124,360
Administration $577,442 $503,471
Development $93,236 $161,732
Total $3,240,644 $2,789,563
% Program Expenses 79% 76%
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 2015 2014
Total Assets $4,112,148 $4,019,924
Current Assets $1,853,051 $1,058,655
Long-Term Liabilities $55,274 $443,159
Current Liabilities $45,516 $36,838
Total Net Assets $4,011,358 $3,539,927
NOTE: These statements do not include gain from sale of real estate ($501,706)
A copy of our 2015 Audited Financial Statements, prepared by Sanders, Walsh and Eaton, is available on our website and at Guidestar.org.
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CCS Donors
The Center wishes to thank the many individuals, businesses, organizations, academic institutions, foundations, corporations, and government agencies that provided gifts, grants and in-kind support during 2015.
Foundations & Institutional SupportersAction Donation ServicesGrace W. Allsop FoundationBreckinridge Capital AdvisorsBruce J. Anderson FoundationBuyer Brokers of Cape CodBuzzards Bay CoalitionCape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable
Foundation TrustCape Cod SaltiesDJ&T FoundationDescendants of Whaling MastersMary P. Dolciani Halloran FoundationEastward HoThe Stewart B. Eckers Charitable TrustFriends of the Eldredge Public LibraryEndow-BioFarm Credit Northeast AgEnhancementThe Forsyth-Tse Family Charitable Gift FundMarshall Frankel FoundationFriends of Pleasant BayFrom the Bow SeatOrly Genger/Everything Important LLCGifford Family FoundationGoogle Matching Gifts ProgramGulf of Maine Lobster FoundationHermann FoundationIsland FoundationNancy & Maurice Lazarus FundMorton & Barbara Mandel Family FoundationMerrimack Valley Planning CommissionGordon & Betty Moore FoundationNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationNauset MarineNauset NewcomersNetwork for GoodNew England AquariumNorcross Wildlife FoundationElizabeth & Frank Odell Family FundOsterville Anglers’ ClubPegasus FoundationPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramPhillips-Green FoundationPhillips Philanthropic Fund Jewish Community
FoundationPitney Bowes FoundationProspect Hill FoundationQuebec-Labrador FoundationSalem Sound CoastwatchSeamen’s Bank Long Point Charitable FoundationSprocket FoundationTD Charitable FoundationTexas A&M UniversityTripAdvisorNancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation, Inc.G. Unger Vetlesen FoundationWalt Disney Company Foundation
Government AgenciesCape Cod CommissionCape Cod National SeashoreInternational Whaling CommissionMarine Mammal CommissionMarine Biological LaboratoryMassachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMassachusetts Environmental TrustMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone ManagementMassachusetts Water Resources AuthorityNational Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Park ServiceProvincetown Visitor Services BoardStellwagen Bank National Marine SanctuaryTown of Barnstable, MassachusettsTown of Brewster, MassachusettsTown of Chatham, MassachusettsTown of Eastham, MassachusettsTown of Nantucket, MassachusettsTown of Orleans, MassachusettsTown of Provincetown, MassachusettsTown of Truro, MassachusettsTown of Wellfleet, MassachusettsU.S. Department of EnergyU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Gifts Received in Honor ofSarah Bender and Andrew KrupkeCharlotte & Teddy Butler-ConklinJane ChaiToscana GiffordMary MooreMichael PalmerLaura and Ken SanzelDon SavageMary and Jim SextonRick SokolerChristina Vos
Gifts Received in Memory ofMarie BatesPeter BestKevin DelaneyDr. Herbert HayesMaureen JohnsonJack KearneyPhil KiblerPenny Ann LevinEric O’NeilJessica RekosStephen RosettieTina RubinoCharlotte UrkielMieke Vos
In-Kind Support and DonationsAgway of Cape CodAlvin Ailey American Dance TheatreJerry AnathanAngel FoodsArt’s Dune Tours, Inc.Atlantic Spice CompanyBack Bay & Co.Baryshnikov Arts CenterBayberry GardensBruce BermanBird Watchers’ General StoreBlack Eel OutfittersWilliam BonnElizabeth BrookeCape BodyworkzCape Cod Life PublicationsCape Cod Symphony OrchestraCape Colony InnCape Tip SportsLisbeth Wiley ChapmanChatham Sign ShopChequessett ChocolateMatthias ChristensenChristina’s JewelryThomas ConlinCottage Street BakeryCrown and AnchorCURIO CoffeeJeremy D’EntremontNat DoaneDolphin Fleet Whalewatch of ProvincetownEast End MarketBill EvaulFanizzi’s RestaurantCharles FieldsDolores Filardi & Harriet RubinFinely J.P.’s RestaurantFlying Fish CafeKathleen FowlerGlobal GiftsHarbor Stage CompanyHindu ChartersGene HornsbyHot Chocolate SparrowHot Stove SaloonH. Jean HynesIn Nature Hair StudioJ & E ProduceJacob Burns Film CenterTom Johnson Photo GalleryKaroo RestaurantJohn & Pam KingKlean KanteenLand Ho! RestaurantBrian & Jan LarkinSheri Lee/Off The Beam WoodworkingLewis Brothers Ice Cream
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Lobster Pot RestaurantLovely NailsMac’s SeafoodBruce MacGregor & Karen O’ConnorMarc by Marc JacobsMarcey Oil CoLesley MarchessaultMarine SpecialtiesAlbert & Joan MarshDr. Charles A. Mayo IIIPeter McMahonMews RestaurantMoby Dick’s RestaurantNauset MarineNewcomb Hollow ShopNorma Glamp’sThe Nut HouseOceana, Inc.Payomet Performing Arts CenterPotted GeraniamProvincetown Fudge FactoryProvincetown HarbormasterPuzzle Me ThisRace Point LighthouseRed Barn Pizza & MoreEdward Reilly & Susan WorthRock Harbor GrillSage InnSam’s DeliJulie Schecter & Will HapgoodLawrence SchusterGeoff Semonian WoodcarvingSean SheaShorStan and Eva SikorskiSandra SmalesKurt SmileySnow’s Home & GardenSolSquealing PigGin StoneDorothy StraussStreet EatsTina M. Trudel, Ph.D. & Dorothy PalanzaTruro Vineyards of Cape CodNapi & Helen Van DereckVenture Athletics Kayak ShopEva M. WadeTJ WaltonWellfleet Harbor Actors TheaterWinkler Crane
Benefactors ($5,000+)AnonymousDaniel & Heather BernatchezWilliam BonnDiane ByrdCape AirRoy F. Coppedge IIINancy J. Crown & Samuel K. WeismanStephen S. & Mary Beth DanielSharon Fay & Maxine Schaffer
John Cragin & Marilyn FifeJohn & Ann GradyPatricia Kearney & Sandy BromerJill Kearney & Stephen McDonnellJohn & Pamela KingVincent KueffnerJeanne Leszczynski & Diane DiCarloJohn H. & Jean F. LippinottBruce MacGregor & Karen O’ConnorLinda B. Miller, Ph.D.Thomas H NilesNancy B. PoorThe Red InnEdward Reilly & Susan WorthRobert Paul PropertiesRobert J. Samuelson & Kristin Campbell Nicholas A. SkinnerJohn & Deborah Todd
Leaders ($1,000-4,999)AnonymousRichard G. Allgaier & Janice Coleman Margery AvirettLee Banks & Connie HindsJudith M. BuechnerDavid BensonCharles BerardescoJohn Burman & Diana StinsonMichael Caccavale & Theresa HarrimanJay Cashman, Inc.Lisbeth Wiley ChapmanJoseph & Rhonda ChronicMaria CirinoChristopher W. Clark Ph.D. & Jane Moon Clark Bayard H. & John CobbMichael & Sylvie CocoJeffrey ConklinStephen W. & Naima CraigKaren & John CrottyRichard F. & Karin DelaneyCharles Dewey-SmithDavid P. DrakeShobha EasonDolores Filardi & Harriet RubinJoedee FosterColin & Robin FullerEdward P. & Brooke GardenM. Dozier & Sandra GardnerCarol P. GreenLynn GrosslightMary & Steven GulrichSkip HallMartin & Linda HaspelKathryn S. HeadDavid A. HoffenbergEdward & Nancy HolleranHoughton Chemical CorpIn the Wild ProductionsAnne A. Knowlton MD & Deborah LamoreauxChristine Labaree & Nils NieuwejaarPeter & Connie LacailladeJames & Jacqueline LaneBrian & Jan Larkin
Steven & Frederick Latasa-NicksAlan Levitt & Buffy LevittElizabeth & Milt LevyAlan & Fran McClennenJeanne McNett & Nicholas AthanassiouDeborah & Fred MageePhyllis MandelNeal P. & Lynne MillerRichard N. & Charlotte MillerDavid & Michele MittelmanJacquelyn Suzanne & Robert L. MooreBarbara MurphyJohn & Tracy Murphy, Jr.Francis & Pat NemiaMargaret M. NewportNancy & Mark O’LearyColin & Tilly PattesonBrian Payea and Tom SkinnerDiana PerronFeodor PitcairnRichard Rambadt-UrkielAlix L.L. Ritchie & Marty DavisMichael & Carol RobbinsArthur J. & Carol Rocque, Jr.Rogers & Gray Insurance AgencyRobert G. Ross & John ArgosBill & Mia RossiterNancy G. ScottThomas SerrellJames & Mary SextonRobert & Ann SimondsJeffery SliterRobert & Abby SummersgillDonna SzekerTina Trudel & Dorothy PalanzaCharlotte Walker & Megan TaborPaul C. & Elizabeth TroyLinnet Tse & John ForsythArend VosAndrew P. & Jean YoungWilliam Zant
Partners ($500-999)Atlantic Bay Sotheby’s International RealtyDonald Bachman & Karen BackAndus Baker & Rowan MurphyWilliam S. BeineckeFred Blakeman & Nancy BlakemanMadeline Brick & Donald RomeoPatrick & Tanya BuchananEunice BurleyCape Cod Five Cents Savings BankLarry & Jan CapodilupoAnn & Steve CarlsonWilliam & Linda CiaburriDouglas & Annemette Cliggott-PerltCheryl CodairMichael & Marcia CorriganWilliam W. & Anna Jean CushwaPeter & Susan DeeksWendy DonigerHelen Donovan
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Bill & Lesley DoyleMark Dubois & Leslie StarrValerie & Jacqueline Fein-ZacharyEmily Flax & Carol NealPamela French MD & Evelyn KratzDara Noyes GallLorraine Giovinazzo & Mary SullivanJerome & Marlene Kaplan GoldsteinGayle GormanZoe Griffith & Sandy BallCorina HickmanLois Hirshberg & Janice HankLisa Hirschhorn-Goldberg & Bennett GoldbergDaniel P. HughesThe John Derian CompanyPhilip JohnstonJerome & Joan D. KarterJohn Keith & Cari KeithJoseph Kerr & Bret HaveyKaren KonopaElise M. Kressley MD & Andrew Kressley DMDJohn D. & Diana LambRichard & Harriet LarsenSheri LeeSusan LloydMelinda & Michael LobergEugene LuscheiJeff MaceJames J. & Sarah Ann MahoneyAlbert & Joan C. MarshGenevieve H. MartinPatricia Nelson & Charles MatkowskiDavid A. & Veronica K. MetzlerJim Miller & Annette Furst, MDEric MooreJohn & Andrea MooreMargaret MurphyRyan Murphy & David MillerEmily O’BrienOceanaSherri PedaneNathaniel & Melissa PhilbrickRussell Posthauer JrProvincetown InnJanis & Herbert RaffaeleHelen & Frank RischJennifer Roche & John SvolosScott & Melissa RockmanT. James & Jane RuddJulie Schecter & Will HapgoodTracy SchleyerGerie SchumannSeamen’s BankJohn Silvia & Paul DiVitoVivienne L. SlearSandra SmalesStacey A. SmithSidney SnowChris & Jean TemplinTim-ScapesGregory Triandis & Sheila T. MurphyTruro Vineyards of Cape Cod
Judy TysonJeanne C. Van VerreEva M. WadeMargot L. Waitz & Gordon C. ManinPeter & Debra WaltherCharles T. WestcottJohn L. & Nancy S. WhelanHarry WilcoxBurton WolfmanBobbin Young & Eric Weber
Associates ($250-499)Aerie House & Beach ClubBarbara AnthonyClaudia AndersonKatharine E. BachmanDiana & Charles BainWilliam & Katherine BeattieJack Beaucaire & Eileen C. WilliamsJohn BeaulieuSara BenderBenson, Young & Downs InsuranceBrenda J. Boleyn & Susan KadarJeannette BraggerSherry Brec & Susan ConnollyBarbara Brennessel & Nick PicarielloWilliam Brighton & Andrea WolfmanElizabeth BrookeWilliam P. & Nancy BrothertonChris Brown & Jocelyn ChertoffMoira W. BrownSusan & Bertram BruceDeborah BuckleyMaureen BuckleyGuy BusaWilliam ButlinLouis & Celeste CafieroMark CaponigroSamuel D. Carocci DDSNorman F. CarlinLynne Carter, Ph.D.Ellen ChaseMark A. Cohen & Jerrold E. HymanCombined Jewish PhilanthropiesLisa Comer, Chris & Ayda CosbyJennifer ConnollyKathy & Myles ConwayCovidienAlvin F. & Elaine M. CrowellDiane CummingsCarolyn Davis & Jay MarkellGeorge Davis M.D.Sally DeaneLinda DegutisPhyllis DennerAnne & Kerry DouglasEric Lee Engstrom & Richard P. Keeling MDRobin & Lauren FallsDouglas Faulkner & Carolyn GrayJames N. & Rebecca FawcettMarcy E. Feller & Gabrielle HannaFrank & Eleanora Fisher
Brian Fitzpatrick & Bill BerryElizabeth FrankelBink GarrisonRobert S. GebeleinBenjamin GieseGraham Giese Ph.D. & Barbara BakerGlobal GiftsMary & Tim GrilloTheta Grimaud & Paula SubockPriscilla HalloranHarbor Stage CompanyKaren Harper & Susan MarineKathleen Henry & Kim MarrkandGeorge & Jeanne HoffmanBetsey HoltzmannDonna HoughRobert C. & Marion A. HowardPat Hughes & Hal MinisDouglas Ihde & Melissa MillsTimothy & Alice JohnsonLaura KahkonenJames & Meghan KalbaughBarb & Richard KaufmannLynn & Alexander KayeLisa KolibabekMary Ellen KranzlinHerbert Y. & Shirley KresselJacqueline I. KroschwitzM. Leanne LachmanSharron Lee LaplanteMatthew & Deborah LeeHila LymanDeborah McCutcheonIsabel McDonaldLinda A. McDowellMeg McGuireEllen McNeillySteve Mague & Dirkje LegersteeKaren A. MendesElizabeth ManganNoreen Marcus & Jay SushelskyJudy MinotCharles & Laura MonroeMary L. MooreIrv Morgan & Donald VafidesHilary MunroDaniel S. Newton & Christopher L. FlynnHeidi NitzeMary O’NeilDiane & Michael PalmerRichard Panati & Edward SciamannaJane Paradise & Frank DigirolamoDelbert E. & Martha L. PattonPeter PatzigBertram & Marla PerkelPatrick M., Jeanne A. & Kenny PetersonDamon R. PhillipsTracy & Swede PlautElizabeth Preston & Cindy L. WhiteSally B. & Charles ProctorRichard P QuincyAC Reagan
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Joseph RealmutoJeffrey RiedlerDaniel L. Romanow & B. Andrew ZelermyerEdward A. & Earline RubelKenneth RussoNathan SchaeferFrederick SearsCarolyn & Chip SeeferMarilyn SefchovichGeoff SemonianEmily SgarlatEunice O. Shatz & Katherine GabelMegan SheaSue Shoemaker & Shelley KirkpatrickStan & Eva SikorskiRandi & Josh SimonsSylvia SkinnerSam SlicerElizabeth SniffenIngrid StatzHoward & Beth SteinKimberly StevensRichard & Ann StoyleRosemary StubbsMike R. SyersAtilla & Deborah TerziogluRachel ThurlowFred & Susan ToddBlaine & Rita WagnerMichael & Marlena WaldJohn & Hilary WardMike WassermanNancy WattersBarbara Wohlgemuth & Carrie StapletonPeter WrightScott Wight
Friends ($100-249)AnonymousBen AchtenbergSarah J. & Edgar D. AckermanGeorge AllanPeter G. AllenRebecca AlmondChuck Anastas & Sharon BrittonDean AndersonKaren & Tucker AndersonSandra L. Anderson & Alice TillmanJonathan E. & Rosemary AnsbacherElissa B. AronsMelinda Asman-KrastingWalter AsmuthStar AuerSharon AvRutick & Shana WallaceJohn B. & Victoria BabcockChristine BahrJohn & Mary BainJill L. BakerRobert & Helen BaldwinAnne BaltzellRebecca C. BarberKimberly Barboe & Susan Callahan
Shannon BarboneDicran B. BarianSteven Barkan & Barbara TennenAlexandra BartschDon Baur & Phebe JenschColin BaxterAllison Bayer & Nancy J. YoungJoseph & Sandra BayneMark & Ginny BazarGordon & Barbara BeetonDr. Carolyn V. BellM. L. Bell & Jane WeissmanSusan BennettCatherine BentGeorge T. BernardSuzanne Besaw & Steve DoylePaul BertozziPaul Bijkersma & Judith ScanlanKimber Billow & Charles GriffethRobert & Sharon BlakeMark & Barbara BlaschPatricia Bligh & Michael HagleyGail Bliss & Mallory WhiteThomas F. BlissRebecca BloomAmy BoardCraig BomgaarsJoseph & Linda BonannoRobert E. & Ann M. BorahMarilyn & Steve BornemeierPeter & Jane BorrelliChristine A. BowersDeborah E. BowlesJerry BoxmanDavid BoyleBarbara Bradley & Sharon BlairCharles & Loretta BrahmNancy & Russ BraunLarry BravermanRobin W. BrayPaul Breen & Bo HarrisJohn W. BrewerPatricia BrodyFran & Stuart BrooksDonald E. BrownJen Brown & Natalie BrennanJennifer Brown & Susan GoransonRachel Brown & Daniel DejeanJudith W. BruceRebecca Bruyn & Cindy RosenbaumMarjorie Bullock & Nina HarrisonMichael Burke & Richard P. WrigleyRichard & Jean BurkeLoretta Butehorn & Susan DowneyDaniel & Shirley ButlerBetsy CabotEugene J. CallahanJean B. & Charlie CareyElaine CarmenJosephine Carroll-Wiltshire & James RiccioMary G. ChadwickJessica Chapin & Helen Chapin-Eiserloh
David Chard & Richard LenaJohn & Jan CharltonNancy ChenowethMichael ChristopherAnne ChuRobert R. Churchill, Jr.Chubb and Son, Inc.Judith CiceroDavid P. & Virginia ClarendonBill Clendaniel & Ron BarbagalloChris Coakley & Michelle O’ConnellJonathan Cole & Sarah StricklerRoslyn B. & Bill ColemanSally CollinsonBrian & Joan CondonEllen ConklinKaren ConradMary ConnellRay & Laura CooleyStephen Cooney & ChristiAne MasonPeter CorriganMelville P. Cote Jr.Robert & Sylvia CotterBecky Cotton & Mark BunnellJames CoulombeSuzanne Courcier & Robert W. WilkinsEdward R. CrockerDenise Cromley & Cindy LocklinGail & Stephen CuffLisa CulhaneJennings CulverTom Cytron-HysomMarcia Dalbey & Joanne VerlindenChristine DaunerBeth DavisLance DavisMargaret P. DavisGeorge & Brenda DelaneyMax DelaneyStanley T. DenekKaren R. DePalmaChris DeSistoIleen DeVault & Diane FeldmanJames & Sally DewingDennis A DinanDavid DodsonDogwood, Inc.Larry DooleyJohn & Carole DowdSophie DuckettDiane DunkmanBob Durand & Nancy DemersEdward Dusek & Paul KellyKaren EdlundRichard C. Elson & Pauline MichaudMartius ElmoreJeff EngermanSusan Erickson & Bruce A. PhillipsDonald Eunson & Douglas EvansRobin Q. EvansTimothy Everett & Lucy PotterDawson L. Farber III
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Nancy Farrell HippCarol E. FarthingRay Faulkner & Carlos TerraJulie Fay & William O’BrienMargo Fenn & Dan HamiltonLaurie FerrariCarol L. FessendenPeter A. FinkPatricia FiskFitness RevolutionEd & Anne FitzgeraldTerri & Patrick FitzgeraldJoyce FlahertyRobert FlanaganRichard & Lorraine FlemingGeorge FowlerKaren P. Fox-MartinoRobert B. FraserMargery FroschFryklund FamilyPauline GabbettBill & Rose GadboisTeresa A. GarlandRuth GilbertCarol GilliganLinda Glenn & Christina CroweFred & Holly GlockToby E. GoldschneiderRichard B. Golembeski & Peter F. DeveneyLisa GranquistJames GreenMike & Ellen GreerHarriet & John GrifoSherry GroskyLiz & Mindy GrossmannBrian GuarnottaJay Gurewitsch & Ian EdwardsGwynne GuzzeauTheodore HaapalaShirley HaddadScott HaflingJames B. HalcumsJames & Janis HallLaura Hall AllenJane HallowellDorothy G. HalmstadKathy HaltomAmy & Jim HamiltonSarah HamlinThomas M. HammR. Bruce & Alicia HammattStarr HandelRosemary & John HarbisonLeslie HarrisKeith W. & Marilyn M. HarrisonHarwich Port Boat YardJo Hay & Carolyn KramerBrad & Heidi HeilmanFrederick Heinrichs & David HeckertRobert A. & Laura K. HendersonCaroline HerronGeoffrey & M. Joan Heywood
James & Robin HicksJohn & Sandy HigginsJohn & Ann HillMerilyn C. HillerDavid C. & Dianne J. HoaglinCurtis HoekzemaGary Hoffman & Dara JohnsonGregory M. & Bernice A. HoweDeborah Hubbell & Linda WennerDonald & Therese HudakDiana HurlburtAshley & Chris HustedJanis Ian & Patricia SnyderLynn R. JacksonChristine A. JacobSara Lee JacobsJ. Christian JansonLinda M. JezuitRichard & Marcia JohannesenWilliam N. JonesJudith & Martin KaliskiLorraine KaluckiMartha & Bertram KantorEvelyn KauppBryan G. KeaneyNancy A. Kee & William J. MotzkoMary & Ann KeenanCatherine & Alan KeenerKim Kendall & Murray LiebmanPeter A. KenneyBrian KerrGregory & Jennifer KerwoodDavid KetchumPhyllis KilleenJoanna L. KinseyJames T. KirkRichard KlingenbergerPhilip & Susan KochSteven F. & Cynthia KochevarKathryn KoganJudith KressCathy KristoffersonAllison Lenk & Sebastian J. KossakLabSpaceElaine LaChapelleDr Michael LamontagneAlban & Carole LandryJane E. Larsson & Annette FiondaTed & Joanne LeafMary Beth & William LeanJane Leavy & Fred SperounisSarah LeClaireStephen & Judith LeffJohn R. & Antoinette I. LevinAdam LevinsonJanice LevettLewis Brothers Ice CreamJennifer L. Lewis-DavidJames M. LiebAline & Tim LindemannCarl & Janet LinkinhokerAnne Marie & William G. Litchfield
Jim & Allie LoehlinMaria LopezJohn & Elisabeth LoudFi Lowry & Lee Lee MaclayPeter W. & Janice LudwigCarolyn LumbardSheila R. LyonsJoan McComasCaleb McGrath-SheldrichVanessa McGuireRobert W. McIntoshJohn McKayPage McMahanThomas McNabbSarah McNealyMary McRaeKeith MacDonaldDon C. Macaulay & Elaine M. YamadaLeslie MacaulayNancy Macht Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, IncSharon Malin-Quinn & Col. Rodney T. Quinn, Ret.Eileen ManleySally Mapp Walker & Francis LynchMarcey Oil CoDon & Janet MarchandDarin Mardock & Jeffrey TarczaliKathleen MarshChristie MarshallMary J MartinChristine A. MassaroDavid L. MayoJohn C. & Deborah L. MayoTimothy F. & Debra MeehanJoerg & Helga MeixnerJaime Meredith & Jennifer DavisLindy & Tim MichaelThomas & Marjorie MichalskiMark MillerRobert Miller & Kate JuddBeth MinearChristopher & Liz MirabileJames B. MoirPeggy Moore & Betsy BradshawNancy & Joe MoranoDiane MorgeraRobert & Celia MorrisRobert MoyJacob Murray DMDJoan & Ernest MyerVictoria NadelGeoffrey NaderPaul & Kay NeelonJames & Marion NelsonNancy NevinskasKaren NicholsonJoan Y. NickersonDavid NicolauCatalina NormanCynthia J. NowakTom & Sally O’BrienKerry O’Donnell
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Kenneth OkinSteven H. OlanoffLeonard Oppenheimer & Lydia SchultzWilliam N. OsborneMaureen OsolnikJames & Kelly OuelletteNancy I. OxfeldSusan M. Packard & Barbara J. BennettDawn PainterLois PaleckFrank PantanoSue & Vince ParadaErica ParraPartner Reinsurance Co of NAAnne PearsonScott R. PeczeSusan M. PellegrinoPaula PerlmutterAlfonso PerriJulia L. PerryMark A. Phillips & Richard F. SalmonFrank & Cecile PlattnerBeverly PoggioNaomi & Bill PomperMelanie & Norman PontbriandJames & Doree PriceDonald C. ProcterMark Protosevich & Robena MalicoatJanice PruchSusan QuigleyBurgess RabyGayle & Harry RaeJoann S. RamosRichard M. RangerAmanda Reed & Rachael SokolowskiRick & Jennifer ReedSuzanne ReidJanet ReinhartGary ReynoldsMartin F. & Florence R. RichmanChristine RichterJohn & Linda RiehlDr Robert & Kate RileyKathleen R. RobertsRobin Robinson & Gary SorkinSandra RocheAbby RoderickMarian Rosenberg & Barbara MinakakisJames Rosenfield & Deborah C. Sanders-ZilbermanRobert & Carla RosenkransPaul A. Ross & Lisa MorrowIrma RuckstuhlKen & Kathy RuggAmanda & Jason RulloSheila E. RyanDiana SabellaGeorge Salem & Gary BoatmanKatherine SalleRita Seplowitz SaltzDavid Samuel & Maura SircusChristine SandersMarylou E. Sandry
Rita E. SantosMichael SarverJudy & Carmen ScherzoJane Schley & Lisa HerrmannJim & Sheila M. SchnellHenry SchroederJoni K. SeagerJessica Sears-ThompsonLinda SerafiniMarsha L. SerreMargaret & G. Crossan Seybolt, Jr.Evan R. ShapiroChip ShultzJoAnn Share & Rochelle WelchmanDavid & Erika SheldonKathy Shorr & Bob FinchJanet & Wayne SiaCharles & Penny SilvaKaren A. SimonAlice A. SlaterEdward SmileyBetsy SmithCornelia SmithDeborah SmithRyan Smith & Cil BloomfieldWilliam H. SmithDaniel T. & Rosamond P. SmytheJulie SmytheSebastian J. & Dawn SnowBarbara SnyderScott & Alla SobelCarol SohnsDeborah & Richard SokolerJames Somers & Melissa MerickelJames & Nancy Snow WestNancy B. SouletteDavid & Gwen SpangPatti SpawnPenelope SpeierJean M. StandardAnne Sterling & Paula VogelJudy StetsonSigourney Street & Derryl IrionBarbara SutherlandAl & Lois SymondsHalcyone TashaAnna TateLisa TateConnie Tavanis & Mary DecremerKaty TavaresBrooks S. ThayerJohn & Donna Thayer The Penny PatchJesselyn Tobin & Audrey StoddardMindy ToddMichael TroyElizabeth & L. Craig TruscottJack & Mary TurcoLisa VandermarkHoward & Lisa Van VleckJohn VasconcellosNicola Vichert & Sonia Vallianos
Beth F. VolkerAlain VullietStuart Walker & Thomas GeratyCharlene WallaceKaren & William WallaceSusan Walsh & David Ritchie Jeanne M. & Walter J. Ciecko Ph.D.Peter & Mary T. WardScott M. WartelGerald WassermanDick & Bernadine WestLeslie WeyhrauchLoretta WhalenSarah T. Wheeler & Paul F. KingNancy C. WhitesideSusan WhitingThomas I. Whitman & Mira RabinJoan & Ron WidemanWilliams McCall GalleryGail WilliamsWired PuppySandra & Dwight WoodsonNancy & Larry WyattToni YagodaJanet E. YoungJane ZabeydaMichael & Renee ZarinLeda ZimmermanMarc & Sandra ZimmermanLinda & Jerry ZindlerJohn Zinkowski
Profound thanks also to the hundreds of other CCS supporters who donate to our mission with smaller gifts. We greatly appreciate your loyalty and commitment to the Center’s work and the marine environment.CCS has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of these lists. If you discover an error, please contact us at 508-487-3622 x 103 and we will rectify it at the earliest opportunity.
LEADERSHIP and STAFF2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive CommitteeWilliam A. Bonn ChairJeanne Leszczynski Vice ChairElizabeth Frankel ClerkRobert Samuelson TreasurerChristopher W. Clark, Ph.D. Chair, Education Committee Roy F. Coppedge, III Chair, Development CommitteeJohn J. King Chair, Nominating CommitteeAndrew Young, Past ChairLinda B. Miller, Ph.D. Ex-Officio
DirectorsStephen DanielShawn DeLudeEmily FlaxCarol GreenFred LatasaJohn H. LippincottBruce MacGregorJeanne McNettLori MeadsJohn Murphy, Jr.Nancy B. PoorEdward ReillyStacey SmithTina Trudel, Ph.D.Rear Adm. (ret) Dick West
Advisory CouncilRichard Miller Chair Barbara BirdseyJoseph ChronicMarcy FellerJohn GradyKimberly KittsMatt LeeCarole LevinSandra MacFarlaneNathaniel PhilbrickAlix RitchieNapi Van Dereck
2016 STAFF
President & CEORichard F. Delaney
AdministrationCathrine Macort Executive AssistantDeborah Magee Director of DevelopmentMary Moore Membership CoordinatorStephanie Richardson HR ManagerJohn Shea ControllerKathy Shorr Development OfficerDan Towler Facilities ManagerJanet Young Business Office Coordinator
Humpback Whale Studies ProgramJooke Robbins, Ph.D. DirectorTheresa KirchnerJenn Tackaberry
Right Whale Research ProgramCharles “Stormy” Mayo, Ph.D. DirectorCorey AccardoChristy HudakAmy JamesBeth LarsonBrigid McKennaRyan SchlosbergJessica Smart
Water Quality Monitoring ProgramAmy Costa, Ph.D. DirectorJenny Burkhardt
Coastal GeologyMark Borrelli, Ph.D. DirectorGraham Giese, Ph.D. Scientist EmeritusPatrick BargerLev GerstleBryan LegareSamantha McFarlandAgnes MittermayrTerri Smith
Marine Animal Entanglement ResponseScott Landry DirectorDavid Mattila Coordinator, GWERNBob LynchEverett SacreyDoug SandilandsLisa Sette
Marine Education ProgramJesse Mechling Director
Marine Policy ProgramPat Hughes Director
Marine Fisheries ResearchOwen Nichols Director
Marine OperationsMarc Costa CaptainTed Lucas Captain
Marine Plastics and Debris ProjectLaura Ludwig
Adjunct ScientistsRobert Brock, Ph.D.Carole Carlson, Ph.D.Moncrieff Cochran, Ph.D.Stephen DeVincent, DVMBenjamin Giese, Ph.D.Alyssa Novak, Ph.D.Jeff Rogers, Ph.D.Mason Weinrich
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