http://woodsholegroup.com News at Woods Hole Group en-us http://www.woodsholegroup.com/logo-rss.jpg http://woodsholegroup.com 90 41 http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#jan092012 Dr. Lee Weishar, a Senior Scientist/Coastal Engineer at Woods Hole Group, was voted ASBPA Member of the Year at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference in New Orleans, October 2011. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#apr122011 An article on coping with sea level rise by Heather Goldstone, which mentions one of our ongoing projects, was featured in The Nation. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#mar082011 Woods Hole Group designed, permitted, and is now overseeing construction of a large non-structural erosion control solution at Bayswater Seaside LLC properties in New Seabury, MA. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#feb242011 In Massachusetts alone, thousands of acres of coastal marshes and wetlands are impacted by restricted tidal and water flows. These impacts result from failing infrastructure, from old and poorly planned projects, and from changing environmental conditions. The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) coordinates ecological restoration projects to remedy these matters. Coastal engineers and scientists from Woods Hole Group have been contracted by DER to provide coastal resource assessment, modeling, engineering, and design services. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#feb012011 Woods Hole Group installed and maintains a coastal and oceanographic data measurement network along the Rhode Island coastline. The work is conducted as part of the US Army Corps of Engineers Regional Sediment Management (RSM) program. Wave, current, and meteorological data will be collected for one year at various locations. There are three (3) offshore directional wave and current profiling sites, twelve (12) tide stations, four (4) current profilers at coastal inlets, as well as a meteorological station for collection of wind speed and direction, air temperature and pressure, and relative humidity measurements. Much of the data are available in near real-time at http://www.rirsm.org. Short-term vessel-based surveys also will be conducted to supplement the long-term measurements. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#jan142011 Woods Hole Group planned, designed and permitted a beach nourishment project on Martha’s Vineyard that spans beaches at Bend in the Road, Silvia State Beach, and sections of private property, including Cow Bay, in the Towns of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, MA. The project is on the eastern side of the Island, protecting property, restoring wildlife habitat, and enhancing the beach resource along Nantucket Sound. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#july222010 Woods Hole Group has announced the opening of its second Massachusetts office, located at 57 Route 6A in Orleans. The new facility will serve as an extension and satellite office of Woods Hole Group's headquarters in Falmouth. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#june222010 As oil continues to leak into the Gulf, what does it mean to beaches and the critters who rely on them? Answers to some of the common questions. http://woodsholegroup.com/pages/news.html#apr222010 Woods Hole Landholdings (WHLH) teamed with Beaumont Solar in December 2009 to install a 176-panel 40 kilowatt (KW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array on the building that is home to Woods Hole Group. This Earth Day, Woods Hole Group is proud to announce that since activation on December 10, 2009, our PV system has generated 6400 kilowatt hours (kWh) and offset approximately 8000 lbs of CO₂ emissions. Four tons of avoided emissions are equivalent to the personal offsets for almost five round trip flights from Boston to Los Angeles. In just over four months, our 2400 square foot rooftop installation has reduced the same amount of emissions as would be sequestered by 93 trees over ten years.