LYNN / SWAMPSCOTT (Podcast) – The water quality concerns at Kings Beach in Lynn and Swampscott are nothing new. However, efforts to remediate the longstanding concerns have ramped up over the past several months. When this podcast interview was recorded Chris Mancini, the Executive Director of Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, had just come from a Lynn City Hall meeting on Thursday (2/2) with many stakeholders regarding Kings Beach. His organization was founded in 1986 and was instrumental in cleaning up Boston Harbor. This was well before Mancini’s time with the organization, but the Swampscott resident moved to the north shore town with the desire to do something about Kings Beach. In the podcast Mancini tells the story why he moved to Swampscott. The podcast provides an informative overview of the causes of Kings Beach pollution and also provides possible remediation actions to improve water quality. Mancini notes that it will be a difficult process to arrive at a consensus plan as at this time, not one single plan that can provide the results being sought.
Chris Mancini – Save the Harbor – Save the Bay Executive Director with Bill Newell
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Executive Director Chirs Mancini
Since 1986, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay: History
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Successfully advocated for the completion of the Boston Harbor cleanup, transforming Boston Harbor from a national disgrace into a source of recreational, educational and economic opportunity and civic pride.
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Led the effort to create the Boston Harbor Islands National Park, transforming 34 neglected islands into a remarkable destination for the region’s residents and visitors alike.
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Led the effort to virtually eliminate both combined sewer overflows and storm water discharges into North Dorchester Bay, transforming the South Boston beaches into some of the cleanest urban beaches in America.
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Continues to lead critical efforts to increase our understanding of our marine environment and improve water quality and beach flagging accuracy in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, and on our public beaches from Nahant on the North Shore to Nantasket on the South Shore.
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Leads and manages the Metropolitan Beaches Commission for the Massachusetts Legislature. The MBC is charged with making findings and recommendations on how to improve the Boston Harbor Region’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull.
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Strengthens Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods and the region’s beachfront communities by hosting and sponsoring scores of free events and programs on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket.
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has become the Boston Harbor Connection for the region’s underserved youth and families with free programs that have connected 250,000 youth and teens to Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands since we began them in 2002.
