PIE-Rivers Partnership Annual Meeting 2017

PIE-Rivers Restoration Partnership members and interested public are invited to the 3^rdAnnual Partnership meeting to be held on December 5, 2017. The meeting will be held at the Newbury Town Library in Byfield. PIE-Rivers partners are conservation and community leaders representing a wide range organizations, state and federal governmental agencies, and municipalities in the Parker, Ipswich, and Essex watersheds of the north shore. We share the common goal to promote healthy rivers and ecosystems in the coastal rivers of northeastern Massachusetts.

Download the meeting flyer and agenda.

PIE-Rivers Partnership Annual Meeting 2017

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
8:15am-12:00pm
Newbury Town Library, 0 Lunt St, Byfield

Agenda (download):

• Welcome & Partnership Business Meeting – 2017 Overview, Partner Updates and 2018 Planning (slides)         

PIE-Rivers Steering Committee members

George Comiskey, Parker River Clean Water Association

Peter Phippen, MassBays National Estuary Program

• Beyond the Drought: The 2016 Drought in Context (slides)

Vandana Rao, Ph.D.

Director of Water Policy, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

• Land Conservation 2017 in Review: Highlights in the Watersheds and Looking Ahead (slides)  

Chris LaPointe

Director of Land Conservation, Essex County Greenbelt

• Restoring and Monitoring Migratory Fish Populations in the PIE Watersheds (slides)

Ben Gahagan

Diadromous Fish Biologist, MA Division of Marine Fisheries

• Evaluating Aquatic Barriers to Prioritize Restoration (slides)

Brian Kelder

Restoration Program Manager, Ipswich River Watershed Association