Tom Richardson
Tom Richardson is the co-director and host of BoatingLocal. Before that he served as the editor of Northeast Boating from 2005 to 2009, and as managing editor of Salt Water Sportsman magazine from 1995 to 2004. He lives, boats and fishes in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three kids.
Cranberry Grower Charged in Herring Kill
Boston Herald: A Cape Cod cranberry farmer has been charged with allowing hundreds of thousands of herring to enter one of his bogs, resulting in the deaths of many of the fish. State officials say Brian Handy of Handy...
Feds Release Wind Farm Zoning Map
CapeCodOnline: State and federal officials have released a map designating a large swath of ocean south of Cape Cod and the Islands for potential leasing to developers of commercial-scale offshore wind farms. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,...
Life Raft Prototype “Brews” Drinking Water
The SeaKettle is a prototype life raft featuring a built-in solar desalination system that generates a continual supply of fresh water for its occupants. The raft’s ingenious desalination system involves pumping seawater into a Gortex-covered reservoir, where the water...
Best of BoatingLocal 2010: Top 50 Boating News Posts (June-December)
Seasons greetings! We at BoatingLocal hope you and your families are enjoying the holidays and thinking ahead to the 2011 boating season. As we approach the new year, we’ll be taking a look at some of the major boating...
CT Symposium Grooms Future Marine Biologists
The Hour (CT): A group of local teenagers became the youngest fishery scientists to share their research on marine biology with dozens of experts at a regional symposium this month. The 5 students—members of the Marine Biology Club at...
New London Seeks to Welcome Kayakers
The Day.com: New London is known as a walkable city, but since it’s situated along the Thames River, why couldn’t it also be a boatable city? City Councilor Rob Pero is hoping to highlight the city’s close proximity to...
Vote for Your Favorite Coast Guard Video
The U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters to vote for their favorite Coast Guard videos of 2010. A team combed through the more than 600 Coast Guard videos from 2010 to select 11 finalists for this year’s contest. Since...
Maine Receives Grants to Protect Coastal Wetlands
Kennebec Journal: Maine has received $2.3 million in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants to restore and protect coastal wetlands. The money was awarded to the Maine Department of Inland fisheries for 3 projects in Harpswell, the Pleasant River...
10 New & Noteworthy Boats
Seasons greetings! Dave and I are hoping you are enjoying the holidays and have survived the big Nor’easter (or “Wintercane”, as one Boston weatherman has termed it). All this week we’ll be taking a look at some of the...
Westport, MA, Herring Get New Passage to Spawning Grounds
EastBayRI.com: Work done last March helped herring find their way back to old spawning waters in Cockeast Pond, but the small fish still faced long odds. So last week volunteers from several groups along with town workers returned to...
