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Herrings Count! Fab Fish Art Contest |
Jones River Landing is preparing to launch Herrings Count! Fab Fish Art, a herring run season contest in cooperation with the Kingston Arts Festival. The Landing encourages groups and individuals of all ages to participate in this fun event by submitting an artistic rendering of a river herring that will be displayed at various locations around Kingston in the weeks leading up to the Kingston Arts Festival taking place on June 28th, 2008.
View our herring pics!
Learn more and enter by downloading these PDF forms:
Announcment
Guidelines
Entry Form
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Prehistory of Kingston Bay talk & slide show May 15, 2008 |
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Join Bernie Otto, president of the Massasoit chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, for a talk and slide show on the prehistory of the Kingston Bay area. The talk will focus on archaeological digs in the River Street and and Rocky Nook areas. Come explore the history hidden right beneath your feet! |
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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR SPRING 2008!
The fourth annual Herring Count began on Tuesday, April 1st at the fish ladder on Elm Street in Kingston.
Most of the volunteer schedule is now filled, but there are a few time slots still open: |
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Firefly talk July 11, 2008/Join the Museum of Science Firefly Study |
Where have all the fireflies gone?
Join us during our July 11 high tide potluck for a talk by Don Salvatore of the Museum of Science and a firefly-hunting walk at nearby Bay Farm.
Many people have wonderful childhood memories of warm summer nights in meadows alive with the flashing of fireflies. But as adults, we rarely see them. Are fireflies disappearing from our landscape? If so, why, and what can we do about it?
Help researchers determine why fireflies seem to be declining in Massachusetts by joining...
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Coastal Ecology and Gardening class Tues. July 22 2008 |
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Here’s a chance to combine your love of gardening with a summer trip to the beach! Join noted landscape designer Kevin Doyle and a coastal ecologist for a guided walk along the shore at low-tide to look at native shore plants in their natural habitat. |
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Update Your Contact Information! |
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Have you changed your email address, or moved, or changed how you want us to update you on events and happenings? Please make sure we don't lose touch with you by updating your information. You may email us at
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Fact Sheet from Vernal Pool Ecology of the Northeast Talk |
Thanks to Jessica Fahey for her wonderful talk on vernal pools! She has put together a page of vernal pool basics for those who are curious about the early spring activities of breeding amphibians. Check the page, grab a flashlight and a raincoat, and head out after dark to your nearest vernal pool on the "big night", when amphibian activity is highest!
VernalPoolFactSheet.doc
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GOT WOOD? The Landing needs hardwoods such as Oak and Maple to keep our fires burning and our site heated for members and visitors in the upcoming seasons. Wood does not need to be split and local pick up can be arranged. Please email
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to donate.
In addition, we are looking for:
- M-L clear plastic bins (waterproof)
Digital camera
Thank you Theresa and Tim Himmer!- Digital video camera
- Basic eco-friendly office supplies (white printer paper, notepads, post-its, scotch tape, 3-hole punch)
- Basic eco-friendly kitchen supplies (coffee cups, forks, small plates)
- Coffee, drinks (individual servings)
- Cordless phone
- Mini photo albums
- 8x10 and 5x7 picture frames
- Videographers
- IT person
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DITCH THE PLASTIC! We've now got brand new, shiny, high-quality stainless steel water bottles in the River Store. Why stainless? Better taste, less waste, no bishphenol A!
Need to be convinced? Try these eye-opening links on bottled water problems and taking the pledge to choose tap over bottle:
http://thinkoutsidethebottle.org/
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Mardi Gras Celebration / Katrina Benefit, February 2, 2008 |
A HUGE thank you to everybody who helped make this benefit a success! We sent a check for $2346 to a grateful Community Center of St. Bernard.
We would like to especially thank our volunteers: Jane Delaney, Jenny DeFreitas, Pine DuBois, Marie Lubbers, Steve Woll, Reuben Smith, Alex Mansfield, Marie Lubbers, Sara Altherr, Petra Reitz, Joe Perkins, Dave & Candy Wood, Tom Jones, Teresa Marini, Mike & George from Lifespring, Tom Sangiolo, Burt & Janet White, and everyone else who helped us out. We could not have done it without you.
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Bring all your paper waste to the Landing for recycling and help us fundraise at the same time! You can recycle: junk mail, newspapers, magazines and catalogs, notebooks and folders, as well as office and school paper. Just toss it in our shiny new yellow Abitibi bin at the Landing! Please do not put paperboard (i.e. cereal boxes), cardboard, phone books, or any other trash in the bin. Your paper trash is our cash! |
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Have you noticed the recent activity (stone piles and such) in front of the Landing? Thanks to a federal grant through the North/South River Watershed Association, and with a big initial push from Norwell High volunteers, we're putting in a rain garden! The function of the garden will be to capture and filter rainwater from the street and roof of the building. The storage pipes and 30 yards of stone & gravel have been put in, the retaining wall erected, and we are anticipating planting native shurbs and flowers to present a lovely view from the street. Beautiful and functional--to stop stormwater flooding the buiding--the rain garden is one step in many we're taking to improve the Landing. Many thanks to all those who have shovelled, built, or donated (and it's never too late to pitch in!)
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Dear Members and Supporters,
We are working towards upgrading and redefining our contact lists. Your help is crucial, and therefore we invite you to respond to this email by taking our quick survey, letting us know how best to keep in touch with you in the future.
To take the survey, click this link, or cut and paste in your browser window:
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If you no longer wish to be on our email list, please respond to this email by typing “Unsubscribe” in the subject field.
We look forward to hearing your responses, and thank you so much for all your support.
--The Jones River Landing team
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