SUASCO WATERSHED CALENDAR:

MARCH 2010

 

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

 

March 2:  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

 

March 2:  Pre-RFR meeting on Section 319 grants:  10:00 to noon at MA DEP Central Regional Office, Concord Room, 627 Main Street, Worcester – note that the RFR will be issued on or about April 1 and proposals will be due on June 2 – for more information, please call DEP Worcester office at 508-792-7650

 

March 3:  495/MetroWest Partnership Water Resources Committee meeting: 8:30AM to 10:00AM in the 2nd floor conference room, 200 Friberg Parkway, Westborough – the meeting will focus on the North Coastal Stormwater Phase II draft permit with guest speaker Thelma Murphy of EPA - please RSVP to Jessica Strunkin at jessica@495partnership.org or call 774-760-0495 X 103

 

March 3:  Water Supply Finance Seminar:  10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Littleton – hosted by the MA Rivers Alliance, MA Water Works Association, and State Senator Jamie Eldridge - for more information and to pre-register, contact Julia Blatt at 617-850-1747 or juliablatt@massriversalliance.org

 

March 3:  Special Event: Wild & Scenic Film Festival:  7:00 to 10:00 PM at the Maynard Fine Arts Theatre, 19 Summer Street (Rt. 62), Maynard – tickets cost $12 – hosted by the Organization for the Assabet River – for more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.assabetriver.org or call 978-369-3956

 

March 3: Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series: “The Ecological Consequences of Revolution in Cape Cod’s Coastal Ecosystem from 1775 to 1818” by Matthew McKenzie: 8:00 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord – for more information, visit www.friendsofminuteman.org or call 978-318-7822

 

March 4:  MAGIC meeting on topic of Energy and Green Communities:  7:00 to 9:00 PM at Carlisle Town Hall, 66 Westford Street (Rte.225), Carlisle – for more information and to RSVP, call Christine Wallace at 617-451-2770 x2060 or e-mail at cwallace@mapc.org

 

March 11:  EPA Public Stormwater Listening Session:  10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the EPA Region 1 Office, Memorial Hall, First Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston – note that EPA will not accept public comments on the draft North Coastal Stormwater Phase II draft permit at this session – for more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/rulemaking

 

March 11:  “Brown to Green to Gold: The Energy-Water Nexus in Cities”:  10:00 Am to 1:00 PM at Church on the Hill, 140 Bowdoin Street, Beacon Hill, Boston - for more information and to RSVP by March 9, please contact bsmith@cleanwater.org

 

March 13: “Smart, Green, Clean: Innovative Water Systems for our Communities”:  11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Clock Tower Place, Maynard – hosted by Senator Jamie Eldridge, co-sponsored by OAR, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund – for more information and to RSVP, please call 978-369-3956

 

March 16:  Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting: 10:00 AM at the MWRA office, Southborough – for more information, please contact the WSCAC office at 413-586-8861 or e-mail wscac@rcn.com

 

March 16:  Pre-RFR meeting on Section 319 grants:  10:00 to noon at MA DEP Central Regional Office, Concord Room, 627 Main Street, Worcester – note that the RFR will be issued on or about April 1 and proposals will be due on June 2 – for more information, please call DEP Worcester office at 508-792-7650

 

March 16:  Poetry Reading by environmental poet Gary Snyder:  7:30 PM at Acton Boxborough Regional High School Auditorium, 36 Charter Road, Acton – Snyder will receive the 10th Annual Robert Creeley Award at his reading – for more information, please call Acton Memorial Library at 978-264-9641

 

March 18:  EPA Public Meeting and Public Hearing on Stormwater Phase II draft permit for North Coastal, MA:  9:00 to 10:00 AM for public meeting, public hearing begins at 10:15 AM at the Thomas P. O’Neil, Jr. Federal Building, First Floor Auditorium, 10 Causeway Street, Boston – note that EPA will accept public comments until March 31, 2010 – for more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/stormwater/index.html

 

March 22:  Foundation for MetroWest non-profit board training: “For Board Chairs Only”: 8:30 AM to noon at the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington Street, Wellesley – supported with a grant from Middlesex Savings Bank - for more information and to pre-register, please contact Cherisse Cavan at 508-647-2260 or e-mail at ccavan@foundationformetrowest.org

 

March 23:  Hop Brook Protection Association Annual Meeting:  7:30 PM at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury - for more information, visit www.hopbrook.org

 

March 24:  495/MetroWest Partnership Water Resources Committee meeting: 8:30AM to 10:00AM in the 2nd floor conference room, 200 Friberg Parkway, Westborough – the meeting will focus on Stormwater Utilities with guest speaker Eugene J. Forbes, P.E. from Hoyle, Tanner and Associates, Inc. - please RSVP to Jessica Strunkin at jessica@495partnership.org or call 774-760-0495 X 103

 

March 25:  Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council Meeting: 7:00 to 9:00 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

 

March 26:  “Stormwater Phase II Permit Renewal Seminar”: 8:00 to 10:30 AM at Raytheon Company, 50 Apple Hill Drive, Tewksbury – sponsored by SuAsCo Watershed Community Council – intended for municipal staff and officials responsible for compliance with the Stormwater Phase II permit, others who are interested are also welcome – no fee, but RSVP required – please e-mail your RSVP to info@suasco.org no later than noon on March 25

 

March 27:  20th MA Land Conservation Conference: “The Next Generation”: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Worcester Technical High Scholl, Worcester – co-sponsored by The Trustees of Reservations’ Putnam Conservation Institute and the MA Land Trust Coalition - pre-registration fee of $42 by March 12 – at-the-door fee of $62 – student rate of $20 – for more information, visit www.conservationcommon.org or call 978-840-4446

 

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