2025 Harbor Health Symposium

Eelgrass is vital for coastal ecosystems

Annual Harbor Health Symposium:

We are excited to bring you our Annual HHS:

Saturday, October 18th, 2025

1:00 - 5:00PM, Great Harbor Yacht Club


Agnes Mittermayr

Marine ecologist, Center for Coastal Studies and Director at SeagrassNet

The 2025 Symposium features speaker, Agnes Mittermayr: The Global Importance of Seagrass Conservation


Additional speakers:

Jeff Carlson, Town of Nantucket – Natural Resources Director

Dr. William DuPaul, Professor Emeritus of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of William & Mary

Charles Johnson, Stormwater Manager - Town of Nantucket

Emily Molden, Executive Director - Nantucket Land & Water Council

Alyssa Novak, Coastal Ecologist - Boston University

Tara Riley, Shellfish & Aquatic Resources Manager, TON~NRD

Juanita Urban Rich, Assistant Professor - UMASS Boston School of the Environment

Yvonne Vaillancourt, Director of the Nantucket Field Station - UMASS Boston