ADVISORY/ Top Environmental Scientists to Address Wetlands Restoration At Coastal Marsh Research Symposium; Mass. Government-industry Partnership to be Recognized.Business/Environment Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday-Thursday (Nov. 29-30) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
EVENT: TOP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS TO ADDRESS WETLANDS
RESTORATION AT COASTAL MARSH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM; MASS.
GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP TO BE RECOGNIZED
DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 29 - Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000
TIME: 9-5pm Wed., 6-8pm Wed. (reception/dinner)
9-4pm Thurs.
LOCATION: Sheraton Inn
Plymouth, MA
CONTACT: Dominic Slowey
The Hubbell Group
781-878-8882
Local and national environmental experts will address the depletion of Massachusetts' wetlands and present their research regarding wetlands restoration at the Coastal Marsh Research Symposium at the Sheraton Inn in Plymouth. The goal of the two-day event is to arrive at a unified research agenda to improve our understanding of coastal ecosystems. The participants will also discuss the progress of the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP) and the emerging role of the private sector in partnering with government and scientific researchers to restore wetlands. CWRP, established in Massachusetts in 1999 by The Gillette Company, the Mass. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA), and the federal Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , combines corporate contributions with federal and state funds to restore wetlands and other aquatic habitats. The federal government under the auspices of Coastal America, a multi-agency partnership, has adopted the program and is expanding it nationwide. Coastal America will recognize CWRP and The Gillette Company during a dinner reception Wednesday night. The wetlands science panel includes Dr. John Teal of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, at Woods Hole, Mass.; est. 1930. In addition to oceanographic research, it conducts important work in meteorology, biology, geology, and geophysics. , Dr. Robert Buchsbaum of the Massachusetts Audubon Society The Massachusetts Audubon Society, founded in 1896 and headquartered in Lincoln, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "Protecting the nature of Massachusetts." MAS is independent of the National Audubon Society, and in fact was founded earlier. , Dr. David Burdick of the University of New Hampshire, Dr. Michelle Dionne of the Welles National Estuarine Research Reserve The National Estuarine Research Reserve program of the United States government under the auspices of the National Marine Protected Areas Initiative. The program establishes federal-state partnerships under the Coastal Zone Management Act to create a system of estuarine research and Dr. John Portnoy of the National Park Service. Research institutions attending include Harvard University, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Brown University, the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. , the New England Aquarium The New England Aquarium, located in Boston, Massachusetts is one of the most prominent and popular public aquariums in the United States. Founded in 1969 on the city's waterfront, it is considered one of the first modern public aquariums and is credited with revolutionizing the , the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the National Biological Survey. The symposium is being organized by the Commonwealth's Wetlands Restoration & Banking Program, which is the first statewide wetland restoration program in the nation. |
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