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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