Newsletter: January 2010

The winter 2010 issue of Baywatch opens with Research Coordinator Chris Weidman’s report on nine years of Coastwatchers shoreline surveys, which show South Cape Beach roughly holding its ground while the Washburn Island barrier beach erodes by as much as 35 feet. Inside: new Reserve Manager Alison Leschen introduces herself, Joan Muller on the Reserve’s pilot Green Team for cutting energy use, an update on the 2009 raffle, and plans for a Seaside Garden Tour fundraiser.

In this issue

• Our Barrier Beach – Nine Years of Shoreline Research
  Chris Weidman on volunteer surveys showing South Cape Beach roughly in balance while Washburn’s beach erodes and feeds the Eel Pond spit.
• Message from Reserve Manager – Alison Leschen
  The new manager, formerly a Division of Marine Fisheries biologist, describes her work on eelgrass restoration in Boston Harbor and horseshoe crab surveys.
• Reserve Pilots Green Team Idea for DCR
  Joan Muller on how the Reserve is cutting its own energy use and offering energy and gardening workshops to the community.
• Our Annual Raffle Update
  Toni Grady on a rain-hampered 2009 raffle and a call for new fundraising ideas.
• Calendar Notes
  The January 11 CPWB meeting, the Earth Day Coffee House, the Washburn Island clean-up and spring programs at the Reserve.
• Seaside Garden Tour and Tea
  CPWB plans an August 4 tour of local gardens to benefit the Reserve and asks for volunteers.