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NAHANT SWIM, INC. - MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 pm at Northeastern University Marine Science Center, East Point, Nahant Rob Moir (center) and son Ryan Czekanski-Moir (right) giving out rubber duckies for Mass Ocean Action at the June, 2007 Beach CleanUp/Earth Fest sponsored by the Nahant Woman's Club, Safer Waters in Massachusetts (SWIM) and the Town of Nahant." Joining Voices to Protect Our Ocean Rob Moir, Director of the Ocean River Institute and Manager of the Massachusetts Ocean Coalition, will be the featured speaker on Monday, September 10 at 7 p.m. at the Nahant Town Hall at a meeting hosted by Safer Waters in Massachusetts (SWIM). The theme of Moir's illustrated talk will be “Joining Voices to Better Manage Our Ocean for Healthy Waters and Clean Energy.” How can we plan ahead for ocean management, not just react to outside proposals -- some of them not really good for the environment or for people? How can we work together to safeguard our shores and waters? Moir will explore the ocean management challenges and opportunities that face the state and local communities. A Massachusetts Ocean Act is proposed that would encourage planning. Moir is working with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Conservation Law Foundation, and the Ocean Conservancy to raise public awareness of this Act. Come on September 10 and judge for yourself whether this proposal will be good for the North Shore and the environment. Rob Moir was a founder of Salem Sound Coastwatch. He was curator of Natural History at the Peabody Essex Museum and spent three years representing the advisory committee on the Boston Harbor Islands National Park area partnership. A former schoolteacher, Rob has a Ph.D. in Environmental Decision-making from Antioch, which he attended as a Switzer Environmental Fellow. Co-hosts with Safer Waters in Massachusetts Co-hosting this meeting with Safer Waters will be several other groups devoted to safeguarding the North Shore: HealthLink, Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach, Saugus River Watershed Council, Salem Sound Coast-watch, and MassAudubon: North Shore. Each will take a few minutes to tell about its current activities and concerns. Come to this meeting and find out the many different ways you can help defend the environment for nature, the ecology, and humanity. Polly Bradley, cofounder of Safer Waters, will welcome all to the meeting. * Julie Arnold, president of Safer Waters in Massachusetts, will speak for SWIM and introduce the other co-hosts. SWIM has been a cooperative effort of the citizens of Nahant, working to safeguard both Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. * Gail McCormick, Board Member of HealthLink, will speak for this group that works to protect and improve public heath by reducing and eliminating toxic substances from the environment. Visit www.citizensinaction.org. * Robert Tucker is president of Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach, which promotes wise use and preservation of the waterfront stretching from Lynn Beach to Nahant Beach, which is the Nahant causeway. This includes Nahant Bay, Broad Sound, and Lynn Harbor. Visit www.lynn-nahantbeach.org. * Joan LeBlanc, Director of the Saugus River Watershed Council, will speak for the Saugus River Watershed Council, which works to protect and restore the natural resources of the Saugus River watershed. Visit www.saugusriver.org/index.htm * MassAudubon: North Shore works to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife and, of particular interest to Nahanters, cares for the small MassAudubon sanctuary, the Nahant Thicket. The speaker from MassAudubon has not yet been announced. Visit www.massaudubon.org. * Also co-hosting will be Salem Sound Coastwatch, whose vision captures Salem Sound as a thriving regional centerpiece, attractive to environmentally friendly business ventures, where shore and sea renew and replenish the spirit. Visit www.salemsound.org/index.htm * Sponsors of the meeting are the Massachusetts Ocean Coalition (www.massoceanaction.org) and the Ocean River Institute (web page under construction). Refreshments will be served, and all are invited to attend the September 10 event. For more information, contact Julie Arnold at 617-309-7967 or juliefarnold@gmail.com.