[DEHC] You're Invited - 7PM - Wed., Jan. 9 - Neponset River Restoration

[Carly Rocklen]

Dear Friend of the Environment,
 
I'm forwarding a note from Ian Cooke, the Executive Director of the Neponset
River Watershed Association, about an important opportunity on Wednesday,
January 9, to express your support for the restoration of the Neponset
River.
 
Carly
 
 
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Dear Friend of the Neponset,
 
Over the last several years, you have undoubtedly read about the River
Restore project in NepRWA's outreach materials. This project would restore
the Neponset River's historic herring and shad runs by removing the two most
downstream dams on the river and cleaning up sediments contaminated with
toxic PCBs.
 
If you live in Foxborough or Dorchester - or anywhere in between - you
should care about this project. But this project involves change, and we all
know how hard it is to change anything in Massachusetts.
 
Please attend the key public meeting being held by the state about this
project. Get out this January 9 and literally make your voice heard!
 
This project will only go forward if knowledgeable and impassioned people
like you stand up and ask for it. The public meeting on January 9 will be
the first real test of support for the River Restore project. If the public
response expressed at the meeting is perceived as negative, it may well be
the end of the road for the 40-year dream of a clean, accessible, beautiful,
free-flowing Neponset River. 
 
So, please make a New Year's resolution to turn your environmental ethic
into action by doing 3 things: 
 
1)     Take the hyperlinked survey below,
2)     Visit  <http://www.neponset.org/> www.neponset.org to learn the
basics about this project, and 
3)     Most importantly, plan to attend the Riverways meeting on January 9
at 7PM at St. Gregory School's auditorium, 2214 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester,
MA. 
 
 
MEETING DETAILS:
 
TIME & DATE:       7-9PM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008
LOCATION:           St. Gregory School's Auditorium, 2214 Dorchester Ave.,
Dorchester, MA
SNOW DATE:       Tentatively Wed., Jan. 16, at the same time and place. For
finalized snow date information, visit  <http://www.neponset.org/>
www.neponset.org.
RSVP:                  To Carly:  <mailto:rocklen at neponset.org>
rocklen at neponset.org, 781-575-0354.
 
 
TAKE A DAM SURVEY:
 
NepRWA has created a mini survey on dam removal and PCB-cleanup in the
Neponset River. Please take this opportunity to express your opinions; your
words are needed to move the Neponset River restoration project forward! 
 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=VqH12fxlQSFTKQWWu7dVpQ_3d_3d
 
 
Ian Cooke
Executive Director
Neponset River Watershed Association
cooke at neponset.org
781-575-0354 phone
781-575-9971 fax
www.neponset.org <http://www.neponset.org/> 
 
 
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Thank you, Happy New Year, and see you soon, everyone -
 
 
Carly Rocklen
Outreach Director & Restoration Manager
Neponset River Watershed Association
2173 Washington St.
Canton, MA 02021
Phone:  781-575-0354
Fax:  781-575-9971
E-mail:  <mailto:rocklen at neponset.org> rocklen at neponset.org
Web:  <http://www.neponset.org/> www.neponset.org