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Marion Seeks Input to Help Shape Future of Harbor and Waterways

The Wanderer | June 19, 2026 UHI is working with the Town of Marion on the Marion Harbor Management Plan.

Multilingual program looks at coastal flooding

Gloucester Times | May 8, 2025 UHI is working with The Nature Conservancy, CREW, UMass Amherst, the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, and others to assist communities in addressing coastal flooding threats. 

Committee Looks to Complete Long-Delayed Update to Nantucket Harbor Plan

Nantucket Current | August 26, 2024 UHI is working with the Town of Nantucket to update the 2009 Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Action Plan.

Last climate action forum coming soon

The Daily News of Newburyport | May 16, 2024 UHI is working with The Nature Conservancy, CREW, UMass Amherst, the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, and others to assist communities in addressing coastal flooding threats.

Manchester poised to develop Harbor Plan

Gloucester Times | March 20, 2024 UHI is working to develop a harbor plan for Manchester Harbor. 

Manchester weighs state, local harbor management plans

Gloucester Times | December 18, 2023 UHI is working to develop a harbor plan for Manchester Harbor. 

Catalytic. How a bipartisan bill could save working waterfronts from Cape Cod to Alaska

Cape Cod Times | December 4, 2023 In 2021, UHI conducted a survey of fishermen, harbormasters, and working waterfront industry participants and they shared similar concerns about fishing infrastructure needs.

Draft of Mashpee Harbor Management Plan Coming Together

The Enterprise Mashpee | November 30, 2023 UHI is working with the Town of Mashpee to develop a harbor management plan, and a draft plan should be available soon for review and additional public engagement.

State Of The Harbor Forum Focuses On Impacts Of Nitrogen

Nantucket Current | July 19, 2023 Kim Starbuck, senior research associate at the Urban Harbors Institute, shared an update on the new harbor plan at the 7th annual State of the Harbor forum. A survey for public input on the plan, which is currently in development, is available now, and the team is soliciting feedback from the public.

Volunteers Target Debris Along Dot’s Shores

DOT News | June 14, 2023 Volunteers made their way to Dorchester’s shorelines last Saturday morning for a clean-up focused on Malibu Beach, Savin Hill Beach, the area around the Vietnam Memorial, and Patten’s Cove. The program was organized by the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit that advocates for ocean protection and other climate issues, in association with UMass Boston’s Urban Harbor Institute.

Work Gets Underway On New Plan For Nantucket’s Harbors

Nantucket Current | June 07, 2023 After years of delays, Nantucket is finally getting a new harbor action plan. The Town team responsible for the new plan is also working with UMass Boston’s Urban Harbors Institute. The purpose of the plan, according to Director of the Urban Harbors Institute Kristin Uiterwyk, is to “identify [the community’s] vision and its goals for its waterways.”

Mashpee Harbor Management Committee Plans Next Outreach Meeting, Public Survey

The Enterprise Mashpee | April 11, 2023 The Mashpee Harbor Management Committee and the Urban Harbors Institute is crafting a plan to act as a roadmap for Mashpee’s policies and set priorities for harbor resource projects.

Mashpee Residents Turn Out For Harbor Management Plan Workshop

The Enterprise Mashpee | March 16, 2023 Together with the Urban Harbors Institute, the Mashpee Harbor Management Committee is crafting a plan to act as a roadmap for Mashpee’s policies and set priorities for harbor resource projects. S

Mashpee Harbor Management Plan Meeting Set For March

The Enterprise | February 08, 2023 The Harbor Management Committee discussed the upcoming harbor management plan and other public engagement efforts with members of the Urban Harbors Institute (UHI), which is working with the town on the plan. Kristin Uiterwyk, UHI’s director, and Allison Novelly, a research analyst and the project manager, spoke to the board regarding the public meetings.

Reformed Mashpee Harbor Committee Ready To Work On Management Plan

Capenews.net | December 09, 2022 The Urban Harbors Institute is working with the Mashpee harbor management committee on a management plan for Mashpee coastal waters.

Value Of Cape Cod Harbors Being Studied

CapeCod.com | March 03, 2020 UMass Boston's Urban Harbors Institute is researching the value of six Cape Cod harbors, and is asking for the public's input through a survey.

Port profiles look to aid commercial fishermen

Wicked Local | May 17, 2019 The state is working with the School for the Environment's Urban Harbors Institute and the Fishermen’s Alliance to do a comprehensive study titled Developing Port Profiles and a Commercial Fishing Infrastructure Assessment for Massachusetts Coastal Harbors.

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