The River Current ~ November 7, 2008 ~ Issue 80

The e-newsletter of the Charles River Watershed Association
...bringing our backyard river to your door...

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In this issue

1. Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on November 19
2. Launch of new phosphorus website

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1) Please join us at CRWA’s Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on November 19

We welcome all our friends and supporters from the 35 towns and cities in the watershed to join us at this annual event! We will honor the environmental leadership of our 2008 awardees:

• Robert Varney of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
• Representative Frank Smizik,
• John Thomas of Beals & Thomas,
• CRWA volunteer Susan Redlich,
• Larry Smith of Charles River Canoe and Kayak, and
• Jim Healy of Boston Duck Tours.

The featured speaker for the evening will be Dr. Sarah Slaughter of MIT, presenting on Designing Sustainable and Resilient Communities. We hope to see you on Wednesday, November 19th at 5:30pm at the Newton Marriott Hotel at our Annual Meeting! Tickets, including a buffet dinner, are $65 for CRWA members. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Leigh at 781-788-0007 x231 or lheffernan@crwa.org, or click here: http://www.crwa.org/annmeeting.html

2) “Phosphorus in the Charles River: What you should know!” web page launch

Charles River Watershed Association has put together an informative new website to educate our members, students, and the general public on the impacts of excess phosphorus in the Charles River. We are launching the website today, and hope you will check it out! Some of the questions we address include “What is phosphorus?”, “Where does phosphorus come from and how does phosphorus get into the Charles River?”, and “What can I do to prevent excess phosphorus from entering the Charles River?”

Click here to check out the website! http://www.crwa.org/projects/METwMyRWA/phosedu.html