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SUMMARY:Free Nashua River Watershed Association “Dam Removals in MA” Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Residents of Shirley are invited to the Nashua River Watershed Association's free presentation on "Dam Removals in Massachusetts."\n\n			 \n\n			WHEN:  Thursday\, February 15\, 2024 at 7:00 pm\n\n			 \n\n			WHERE:  Shirley Town Hall\, 7 Keady Way in Shirley\n\n			 \n\n			WHAT:  Across New England\, aging and unsafe dam infrastructure has led to an increase in dam removals. These dam removals can provide significant public safety and ecological benefits\, from a reduced risk of flooding to restored river connectivity. Supported by the MA Division of Ecological Restoration\, the Nashua River Watershed Association is offering an educational talk about dam removals in Massachusetts\, covering a general overview of why and how unsafe dams are removed\, and what changes you might expect to see in your community as a result.\n\n			 \n\n			REGISTER:  Registration is not required\, but encouraged for planning purposes. Register online today for NRWA's presentation in Shirley.\n\n			 \n\n			QUESTIONS: Please email Jessica Veysey Powell\, NRWA Watershed Scientist.\n\n			 \n\n			Unable to attend on February 15th? This presentation will also be given in Groton:\n\n			 \n\n			March 6th at 7pm at the Prescott Community Center\, 145 Main Street. Register online with the Prescott Community Center. \n\n			 \n\n			March 27th at noon at The Groton Center\, 163 West Main Street. To register: Stop by in-person at The Groton Center\, call 978-448-1170\, or register online through the MyActiveCenter. \n\n			\n\n			\n\n			 \n\n			These presentations are free and open to the public\, made possible in part by a grant from the MA Division of Ecological Restoration.\n\n			\n\n			\n\n			Photo banner (left to right):  Millie Turner Dam removal in Pepperell showing before\, during\, and after removal. Before and during photos from Squana-a-tissit Chapter of Trout Unlimited\; after photo from theconcordbridge.org.\n\n			 \n\n			Please share this message with others who may be interested in participating in NRWA's programs. Thank you!\n\n			____________________________\n\n			 \n\n			     \n\n			      \n\n			     www.NashuaRiverWatershed.org
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:528px\;background:white\;border-collapse:collapse\;border:none\;" width="528">\n	<tbody>\n		<tr style="height:148px\;">\n			<td style="width:505px\;border:inset #418750 1.5pt\;border-bottom:solid #418750 1.5pt\;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt\;height:148px\;"><strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><img alt="Millie Turner Dam removal in Pepperell showing before\, during\, and after removal. Before and during photos from Squana-a-tissit Chapter of Trout Unlimited\; after photo from theconcordbridge.org" height="114" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/image/email-images/Millie-Turner-Dam_Pepperell.png" width="600" /></span></span></span></strong></td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr style="height:850px\;">\n			<td style="width:505px\;border:inset #418750 1.5pt\;border-top:none\;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt\;height:850px\;"><strong><span style="color:#85200C\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Residents of Shirley are invited to the Nashua River Watershed Association&rsquo\;s free presentation on &ldquo\;Dam Removals in Massachusetts.&rdquo\;</span></span></span></strong><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#38761D\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">WHEN:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\; Thursday\, February 15\, 2024 at 7:00 pm</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#38761D\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">WHERE:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\; Shirley Town Hall\, 7 Keady Way in Shirley</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#38761D\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">WHAT:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\; Across New England\, aging and unsafe dam infrastructure has led to an increase in dam removals. These dam removals can provide significant public safety and ecological benefits\, from a reduced risk of flooding to restored river connectivity. Supported by the MA Division of Ecological Restoration\, the Nashua River Watershed Association is offering an educational talk about dam removals in Massachusetts\, covering a general overview of why and how unsafe dams are removed\, and what changes you might expect to see in your community as a result.</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#38761D\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">REGISTER:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\; Registration is not required\, but encouraged for planning purposes. </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=https%3a%2f%2fforms.gle%2f9wjtizYmRbjimr6e7&amp\;srcid=6321&amp\;srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8"><strong><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="text-decoration:none\;text-underline:none\;"><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Register online today</span></span></span></span></span></strong></a></span></span></span> <span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;">for NRWA&rsquo\;s presentation in Shirley.</span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#38761D\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">QUESTIONS:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"> Please </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="mailto:jessicavp@nashuariverwatershed.org"><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;">email Jessica Veysey Powell</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">\, NRWA Watershed Scientist.</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Unable to attend on February 15th? </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">This presentation will also be given in Groton:</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><u><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">March 6th</span></span></span></u></span><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"> at 7pm at the Prescott Community Center\, 145 Main Street. </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=https%3a%2f%2ftce.me%2fiCvrRC&amp\;srcid=6321&amp\;srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8"><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;">Register online</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"> with the Prescott Community Center.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><u><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">March 27th</span></span></span></u></span><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"> at noon at The Groton Center\, 163 West Main Street. To register: Stop by in-person at The Groton Center\, call 978-448-1170\, or register online through the </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fmyactivecenter.com&amp\;srcid=6321&amp\;srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8"><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;">MyActiveCenter</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><br />\n			<br />\n			<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><img alt="MA Division of Ecological Restoration logo" border="0" height="84" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/image/email-images/MA-DER-logo.png" style="float:left\;margin-left:10px\;margin-right:10px\;" width="140" /></span></strong></span></span></span><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">These presentations are free and open to the public\, </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">made possible in part by a grant from the MA Division of Ecological Restoration.</span></span></span></span><br />\n			<br />\n			<br />\n			<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><em><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Photo banner (left to right):&nbsp\; Millie Turner Dam removal in Pepperell showing before\, during\, and after removal. Before and during photos from Squana-a-tissit Chapter of Trout Unlimited\; after photo from </span></span></em></span></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2ftheconcordbridge.org%2f&amp\;srcid=6321&amp\;srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8"><em><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">theconcordbridge.org</span></span></span></span></em></a></span></span></span><em><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none\;white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><u><span style="color:#1155CC\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">.</span></span></u></span></em><br />\n			&nbsp\;<br />\n			<strong><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve\;"><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Please share this message with others who may be interested in participating in NRWA&#39\;s programs. Thank you!</span></span></span></span></strong><br />\n			<strong><em><span style="color:#333333\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">____________________________</span></span></span></em></strong><br />\n			<strong><em><span style="color:#333333\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;<a did="0" href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/pages/nrwa-general-donation-form?srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8" pid="383" tab="0"><span style="text-decoration:none\;text-underline:none\;"><img alt="NRWA Donate Now" border="0" height="47" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/image/email-images/donate-now.gif" style="margin-left:20px\;margin-right:20px\;" width="198" /></span></a></span></span></span></em></strong><br />\n			&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br />\n			&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong><span style="color:#333333\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><img alt="Nashua River Watershed Association logo" border="0" height="88" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/image/email-images/NRWA-Logo-for-zoom.png" style="margin-left:10px\;margin-right:10px\;" width="200" /> &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\n			&nbsp\; &nbsp\; </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#333333\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;<a href="https://24415.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=https%3a%2f%2fwww.NashuaRiverWatershed.org&amp\;srcid=6321&amp\;srctid=1&amp\;erid=1346699&amp\;trid=6a9c830a-7dd4-4988-bcd5-fac6bd7bf2e8">www.NashuaRiverWatershed.org</a></span></span></span></strong></td>\n		</tr>\n	</tbody>\n</table>\n
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