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MIN Event- • WALK: Plum Island: 4,000 years on a barrier beach, featuring life saving horseshoe crabs
Date(s):
October 6, 2024
Venue:Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
6 Plum Island Tpke
Newburyport, MA 01951
Website:Not available
Description:Plum Island: 4,000 years on a barrier beach, featuring lifesaving horseshoe crabs
Location: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
Date: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Admission fee: $10.00
Bill Sargent is a NOVA consultant and author of 27 books about
science and the environment. For the past eleven years he has been using Plum
Island as a case study for sea level rise.
On this field trip, you will see that barrier beaches must be able
to move, pulse, flex, and grow in order to survive.
You will also see that hard structures, like homes and buildings,
prevent such growth from happening.
We will examine “anti-erosion devices” like groins, jetties and
seawalls and see how they only add to the problem.
We will discuss the Army Corps of Engineers, who planned to build
a $10 million dollar weir in the Merrimack River's South Jetty. It would have
taken ten years to build, but nature did it for free during two storms in 2023.
Bill will discuss an MIT proposal to build a $6 million
dollar DARPA designed artificial reef off Salisbury Beach and how this money
might be better spent encouraging people not to live on fragile barrier
beaches, so the beaches can return to their more natural, resilient state. Bring sensible shoes and a keen sense of humor! Cost $10—free parking for participants. Please have a look at williamsargent.substack.com for details. For more info. please contact: Cathy Salas at csalas@mms.org or Julie Frodema at jfrodema@mms.org
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