GBH Project Contacts
Anamarija Frankic, Assistant Professor of Coastal Ecosystem Management, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences (EEOS) email: greenbostonharbor@umb.edu Phone: 617-287-4415
Welcome to the Green Boston Harbor Project
Mission:To enhance the coastal ecosystem stewardship through research, education and outreach projects Goal: To establish a “green urban harbor” – a harbor that lives within ecological and human limits Where: In Your & My Back Yard When: Every day Why: To be healthy, wealthy and sustainable
UMass Boston selected for EPA New England’s
Urban Waters/Mystic River University Collaborative
(Download letter of collaboration.)
We are pleased to announce EPA New England’s recent selection of the University of Massachusetts Boston for its Urban Waters/Mystic River University Collaborative. Earlier this spring, EPA New England solicited proposals from Boston area colleges and universities to develop a collaborative relationship in support of its urban waters/Mystic River Watershed Initiative, beach and nonpoint source programs.
The EPA will work with GBHP Director Anamarija Frankic and her colleagues at UMass Boston to advance urban waters/Mystic River work over the coming years. As part of this effort, EPA also funded an EPA co-op student position from UMass Boston. The co-op student, Karen Simpson, is a PhD candidate and started at EPA in June.
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The GBH project, based in UMass Boston’s Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Science Department, is bringing together researchers, policy makers, students, boaters, swimmers, local community members, and others interested in supporting healthy harbor and the communities that depend on it.
Our initial vision, to be refined through these collaborations, is that a “green urban harbor” is a sustainable harbor - one that is managed within environmental limitations, recognizes strength in ecological and human diversities, and supports local and place-specific economic production within a regional and global context.
We have several research and community-oriented projects currently underway, and more to come.
Click an icon on the map to find one that fits your interests – our projects include salt marsh monitoring and restoration, monitoring of invasive species, monitoring harbor water quality, native oyster restoration, green roofs development, and pumping out commercial boaters .
Tweet the pump-out boat to talk to the crew and track their progress in keeping boat sewage out of the harbor.
Please join us as we re-imagine a harbor teeming with lobster, boaters, swimmers, eelgrass, and native oysters.