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