SUASCO
WATERSHED CALENDAR:
APRIL
2007
This calendar is provided courtesy
of the SuAsCo Watershed Community Council.
Its purpose is to publicize meetings on issues of interest to the SuAsCo
Watershed community. Effort is made to
include all appropriate items of which we are aware.
EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK BEFORE ATTENDING AN EVENT. Unless otherwise specified, please call the SuAsCo Watershed Community Council at 978-461-0735. For continual calendar updates, please visit the Council’s website at www.suasco.org
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The SuAsCo Watershed Community Council e-mail address has changed. The NEW e-mail address is: info@suasco.org. Please change your address books. Thank you!
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For information on a diversity of outings, including river trips and hikes, please contact Sudbury Valley Trustees at www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org and the Organization for the Assabet River at www.assabetriver.org
March 31 through May: White Water Rafting on the Concord River in Lowell in Class III and IV Rapids: for more information, please call 888-375-1115 or visit www.zoaroutdoor.com/concordrafting.htm - to make a reservation, call 800-532-7483
Through June 3: “Water Exhibit” at the Fitchburg Art Museum featuring Ansel Adams photographs, Frank Gohlke photographs and Children’s Books Illustrations on Water: at the Fitchburg Art Museum, 185 Elm Street, Fitchburg – admission is $7, special admission of $5 for those who mention an affiliation with the SuAsCo Watershed, $5 for seniors and students, free for members and children – (exhibit will run from February 11 through June 3) - for more information, please call 978-345-4207 or visit www.fitchburgartmuseum.org
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April 2: SuAsCo Watershed Community Council EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE Meeting: 4:00 to 6:00 PM at
SuAsCo office - for more information, please call Nancy Bryant at SuAsCo WCC at
978-461-0735
April 5: Massachusetts’ 1st LID Conference
for the Home Building Community and a LID Vendor Exhibit: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Sheraton
Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham – registration fee of $67 for
private sector, $52 for public sector and non-profit, price increases an
additional $18 after March 30 – for more information, visit www.mass.gov/czm/calendar.htm
or www.mass.gov/envir/sgtk.htm
April 5: MAGIC Meeting: 7:00 to 8:40 PM at Boxborough Town Hall, 29 Middle Road,
Boxborough - for more information, please call MAPC at 617-451-2770
April 5: Walden Woods Stewardship Lecture Series
"Thoreau in Our Time: A Biographer
Reports on Jane Goodall”: 7:00 PM at
the Walden Woods Project's Thoreau Institute, 44 Baker Farm, Lincoln – for more
information, please call 781-259-4707 or visit www.walden.org
April 9: “Sustainable Waters in a Changing World:
Research to Practice” Conference: 8:45
AM to 4:45 PM at UMASS Amherst – for more information, visit www.WRRCconference.com
April 10: Concord Conservation Coffee: 7:30 AM at Planning & Land Management
Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 141 Keyes Road, Concord – for more
information, please call the Concord Natural Resources Commission at
978-318-3285
April 11: “A Report Card on 495/MetroWest Water
Resources” Workshop: 8:00 to 10:30 AM
at the DoubleTree Hotel Westborough/Boston (formerly the Westborough Wyndham
Hotel), 5400 Computer Drive, Westborough (off of Route 9 West near I-495) –
presented by 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership and MAPC – attendees will
receive the new brochure: “Water Marks 495: Trends and Tools For a Water-Smart
Region” - for more information and to register, please contact Elisa Wright at elisa@arc-of-innovation.org
April 12: Leadership MetroWest Second Annual Community
Leadership Forum with keynote speaker Governor Deval Patrick: 7:00 to 10:15 AM at the Sheraton Framingham
Hotel, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham – MUST pre-register - registration fee
of $25 for alumni, $30 for general admission – for more information, contact
Helen Lemoine at 508-872-6161
April 17: Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic
River Stewardship Council meeting: 7:30
to 9:30 PM at Sudbury Valley Trustees’ office, 18 Wolbach Road, Sudbury – for
more information, please call Lee Steppacher at National Park Service at
617-223-5225
April 19: “An Inconvenient Truth” movie showing
followed by discussion: 5:30 to 7:30 PM
at the Nevins Hall Auditorium, Memorial Building, Framingham – the general
public is encouraged to attend
April 19: SuAsCo Watershed Community Council STEERING
COMMITTEE Meeting: 7:30 to 9:00 PM at
the Nevins Hall Auditorium, Memorial Building, Framingham – meeting focus on
global warming - for more information, please call Nancy Bryant at SuAsCo WCC
at 978-461-0735 – the general public is welcome
April 22: Earth Month Exhibit Opening Reception by
Musketaquid: 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Emerson
Umbrella Gallery, 40 Stow Street, Concord - for more information, call
978-371-0820
April 25: Friends of Assabet River National Wildlife
Refuge Meeting with guest speaker Madeline Champagne presenting on “Monarch
Butterflies”: 7:00 PM at the Great
Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center, Weir Hill Road, Sudbury – for
more information, please call Barbara Volkle at 508-393-9251
April 25: MetroWest Growth Management Committee
Leadership Forum and Community Exchange:
7:00 to 9:30 PM in Sudbury – for more information, please call Margaret
Sleeper at 508-907-6740
April 28: Earth Day Celebration in Lowell: “Clean Neighborhood, Green World”: morning cleanup starting from Middlesex
Community College, afternoon Earth Fest at Rogers Middle School
April 28: Earth Day Celebration by Musketaquid in
Concord: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM – for more
information, call 978-371-0820
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Looking ahead into May:
May 1: Boston College Citizen Seminar: MetroFuture Project Unveiling of the
Regional Plan presented by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council: breakfast meeting at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Boston - for more information, please call 617-451-2770
May 7: SuAsCo Watershed Community Council EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE Meeting: 4:00 to 6:00 PM at
SuAsCo office - for more information, please call Nancy Bryant at SuAsCo WCC at
978-461-0735
May 18 - 22: National River Rally Conference at the Dolce
Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington – for more information, please contact
River Network at 1-800-504-0326 or visit www.rivernetwork.org/rally
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