Newsletter: January 2009

The winter 2009 issue of Baywatch opens with thanks to everyone behind Bounty of the Bay, the August seafood tasting and auction that drew about 225 people to celebrate the Reserve’s 20th anniversary. Inside: news from Reserve researchers on new groundwater monitoring wells and a region-wide horseshoe crab survey, the second Reserve Cup Regatta, the summer photo contest winners and a 2009 calendar.

In this issue

• Thank You for Bounty of the Bay
  How CPWB members and Reserve staff organized the August 16 seafood tasting with silent and live auctions, and plans for a repeat at the Reserve’s 25th anniversary.
• WBNERR Receives Funding to Monitor Groundwater
  Research Coordinator Dr. Chris Weidman installs three groundwater wells on Reserve property and seeks a volunteer to help take readings.
• New Region-Wide Research Effort on Horseshoe Crabs at WBNERR
  Reserve staff and volunteers join a Massachusetts Marine Fisheries survey of spawning horseshoe crabs at South Cape Beach.
• 2nd Annual Reserve Cup Regatta
  CPWB and the Waquoit Bay Yacht Club host young Optimist sailors for races and a Creature Feature on the health of the bay.
• Summer Photo Contest Winners
  Winners of the Reserve’s 20th-anniversary photo contest, run with the Upper Cape Cod Camera Club.
• Calendar
  Steering committee meetings, the Washburn Island clean-up, the June 22 Annual Meeting and the July 22 regatta.