Summer Speaker Series - Pleasant Bay
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Summer Speaker Series Harwich Community Center, 100 Oak Street Programs begin at 7 pm June 12: Erosion Control and Shoreline Change Recent Changes in Pleasant Bay Tides, Shoreline and Barrier Beach Greg Berman, Coastal Resource Specialist, WHOI Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Ext. Service Sustainable Coastal Erosion Control: Is It possible? Jim O’Connell, Coastal Geologist/Coastal Land‐use Specialist, Coastal Erosion Advisory Services June 26: Protecting Biodiversity from Non‐native Species Marine Invasive Species: Troublemakers that are out of sight and out of mind Judy Pederson, Ph.D, MIT Sea Grant Advisory Leader Harmful Algal Blooms in Cape Cod Waters Christian Petitpas, Marine Fisheries Habitat Assistant, MA Division of Marine Fisheries July 10: Sea Level Rise and Salt Marshes Understanding Sea Level Rise and Local Management Options Rob Thieler, Ph.D Research Geologist, US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center Salt Marsh Health: Adapting to Change Stephen Smith, Ph.D, Plant Ecologist, Cape Cod National Sea Shore July 24: Shellfish, Propagation and Aquaculture A Current Look at Shellfish Resources in Pleasant Bay Renee Gagne, Chatham Shellfish Constable New Developments in Shellfish Propagation and Management Sandy MacFarlane, Shellfish Biologist and Author August 14: Land Stewardship and Water Resource Protection Natural Resource Protection Districts Don Keeran, Assistant Director, Association to Preserve Cape Cod Cranberry Growing 101 Dawn Gates‐Allen, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association Carolyn DeMoranville, Director, UMass Cranberry Station August 21: Sharks and Seals The Relationship Between Seals and Sharks in Cape Cod Waters Greg Skomal, Ph.D & John Chisholm, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Coordinated Shark Response Dawson Farber, IV, Orleans Harbormaster/Shellfish Constable
Transcript of Summer Speaker Series - Pleasant Bay
Summer Speaker Series
HarwichCommunityCenter,100OakStreet Programsbeginat7pm
June12:ErosionControlandShorelineChange
RecentChangesinPleasantBayTides,ShorelineandBarrierBeachGregBerman,CoastalResourceSpecialist,WHOISeaGrant/CapeCodCooperativeExt.Service
SustainableCoastalErosionControl:IsItpossible?JimO’Connell,CoastalGeologist/CoastalLand‐useSpecialist,CoastalErosionAdvisoryServices
June26:ProtectingBiodiversityfromNon‐nativeSpecies
MarineInvasiveSpecies:TroublemakersthatareoutofsightandoutofmindJudyPederson,Ph.D,MITSeaGrantAdvisoryLeaderHarmfulAlgalBloomsinCapeCodWatersChristianPetitpas,MarineFisheriesHabitatAssistant,MADivisionofMarineFisheries
July10:SeaLevelRiseandSaltMarshes
UnderstandingSeaLevelRiseandLocalManagementOptionsRobThieler,Ph.DResearchGeologist,USGeologicalSurvey,WoodsHoleScienceCenterSaltMarshHealth:AdaptingtoChangeStephenSmith,Ph.D,PlantEcologist,CapeCodNationalSeaShore
July24:Shellfish,PropagationandAquaculture ACurrentLookatShellfishResourcesinPleasantBay
ReneeGagne,ChathamShellfishConstable NewDevelopmentsinShellfishPropagationandManagement
SandyMacFarlane,ShellfishBiologistandAuthorAugust14:LandStewardshipandWaterResourceProtection NaturalResourceProtectionDistricts DonKeeran,AssistantDirector,AssociationtoPreserveCapeCod CranberryGrowing101
DawnGates‐Allen,CapeCodCranberryGrowersAssociationCarolynDeMoranville,Director,UMassCranberryStation
August21:SharksandSeals
TheRelationshipBetweenSealsandSharksinCapeCodWatersGregSkomal,Ph.D&JohnChisholm,MassachusettsDivisionofMarineFisheries
CoordinatedSharkResponse DawsonFarber,IV,OrleansHarbormaster/ShellfishConstable
