By Allison Novelly, Research Analyst In 2022 the Urban Harbors Institute launched the Municipal Technical Assistance Program (MTAP) which provides affordable capacity and expertise on relatively small or short-term coastal management and planning projects. Designed to help communities advance harbor… Continue Reading →
By Kristin Uiterwyk, Director As part of our ongoing work to help bring research out of the University and into the broader community, our webinar this month (watch it here) featured some of the inspiring—yet sobering—work on marine debris and… Continue Reading →
By Nicholas Warner Upon the inception of the Urban Harbors Institute’s (UHI) new Municipal Technical Assistance Program, otherwise known as MTAP, UHI began work with the Town of Danvers, Massachusetts in the mapping of their harbor. This project involved using… Continue Reading →
By Shannon Hogan, Research Associate In 2019, researchers from the School for the Environment at UMass Boston and the Nantucket Department of Public Works commenced a multi-year study on measuring microplastic abundance and composition in the marine environment of Nantucket… Continue Reading →
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