MassSeagrass Group
MassSeagrass Group
The Massachusetts Seagrass Working Group (MassSeagrass Group) is a collaboration of conservationists, scientists and managers working on Zostera and Ruppia in Massachusetts. The group is made of members from government and non-government organizations, academic institutions, and private practitioners. We meet twice annually to discuss seagrass observations, provide member updates, form subgroups to tackle specific problems, and network with colleagues.
The MassSeagrass Group maintains a blog called SeagrassSoundings and recently created a community of practice forum: https://massbays.discourse.group/c/ma-seagrass-working-group/10 .
Contacts: For general questions about MassSeagrass Group, getting on our google group list and the SeagrassSoundings Blog Contact Tay Evans at n.tay.evans@mass.gov
For more information on the Community of Practice page contact Jill Carr at jillian.carr@umb.edu.
Meet the Group Members
MassSeagrass Group member organizations and their primary contacts:
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Provincetown Center For Coastal Studies
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Salem Sound Coastwatch
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Boston University
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Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
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Keene State University
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Great Pond Foundation
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Northeastern and MassBays Boston Harbor
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Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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National Park Service
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Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership
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MIT Seagrant
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Cornell University: Howarth Lab in Ecology
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Woods Hole MBL, The Ecosystems Center
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Seagrass inspired abstract artist
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Northeastern Marine Science Center
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Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research
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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
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Salem State University
A Sampling of Our Topics and Links:
Habitat:
Learn more about eelgrass as important habitat in Massachusetts
Fisheries Habitat Restoration and Monitoring | Mass.gov
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation – Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (atlanticfishhabitat.org)
Restoration and Monitoring:
Eelgrass restoration and monitoring at Mass Division of Marine
Fisheries
DMF’s Eelgrass Restoration and Monitoring | Mass.gov
MassBays EcoHealth Tracking Tool
iSeaGrass data collection app/participatory science protocol
SeagrassNet SeagrassNet | SeagrassNet is an expanding, worldwide ecological monitoring program that investigates and documents the status of seagrass resources and the threats to this important and imperilled marine ecosystem. Massachusetts (The DMF and NPS) monitors three SeagrassNet sites
Mapping:
Mass Department of Environmental Protection eelgrass mapping
MassDEP Eelgrass Mapping Project (Feature Service) | MassGIS Data Hub
MassGIS Data: MassDEP Eelgrass Mapping Project | Mass.gov
MassBays PSM Eelgrass mapping technical report and StoryMap
Outreach:
For the Love of Seagrass Video produced by Nedret Andre
https://youtu.be/FMuQQl0OvLM?t=3
Seagrass Inspired Art Nedret Andre - Abstract Artist in Boston’s