Vol. 1, No. 3
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Coastal Zone experts gather for '97 conference Boston, Massachusetts - Nearly 1,100 participants representing 50 nations convened at the Park Plaza Hotel here July 19-25 for the tenth annual International Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management known as CZ 97. Expert panels addressed topics including measures of success for assessing coastal management programs, sustainable development in coastal communities, and the worldwide importance of coastal change and public health issues. Massachusetts Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci (then Lt. Governor) welcomed participants; dozens of coastal managers and scientists addressed attendees in daily plenary sessions; and Cardinal Bernard Law of the Archdiocese of Boston emphasized in his keynote address what he described as society's obligation to achieve a sustainable balance along the coast. Former US Congressman Gary Studds of Massachusetts, whose district included Cape Cod and New Bedford, received the Julius A. Stratton Award for Leadership at a July 24 awards ceremony in recognition of 26 years of advocacy on behalf of coastal management and conservation. The award's namesake was a scientist and educator whose report, Our Nation and the Sea, became the foundation of the 1972 US Coastal Zone Management Act. The symposium also incorporated exhibits and poster sessions; workshops; round table discussions; and field trips to relevant sites including Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and a whale watch cruise to Stellwagen Bank. Co-chairs of the conference included the University of Massachusetts Boston, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs' Office of Coastal Zone Management, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. |
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