Webinar Series: Dr. Kalle Matso, Piscataqua Region Estuary Partnership "State of Our Estuaries"

Albemarle-Pamlico NEP Science & Technology Advisory Committee Webinar Series 

The webinar speaker is Dr. Kalle Matso, Director of the Piscataqua Region Estuary Partnership (PREP). Located in the watersheds of the Great Bay region in coastal New Hampshire and Maine, PREP is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program and is made up of four staff, three committees, 52 municipalities, 82 stakeholder organizations, agencies, and coalitions.  

Every five years, PREP prepares a “State of Our Estuaries” Report with extensive data and information on the status and trends of environmental indicators from the Piscataqua Region Watershed and estuaries. In his upcoming presentation Dr. Matso will explain how last year's State of Our Estuaries Report was prepared and organized to tell a story of how the Piscataqua Region Watershed is changing and how those trends are affecting the estuaries and the countless species that live here. It tells of stress and recognizes that while the challenges PREP faces are significant, so too is our ability to bring about positive change. You can read the report at https://www.stateofourestuaries.org/ and learn more about PREP at https://prepestuaries.org/who-we-are/about-prep/.