In the spring of 2021, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission focused its attention on ways to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion on the Metropolitan Region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. 

This paper examines how key stakeholders in the region, including the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR), the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), and Save the Harbor in collaboration with the Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC), are responding to these climate threats. It also explores where opportunities for stronger policy and practice remain. 

In 2009 for the 20th Anniversary of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, Bruce Berman, Director of Strategy and Communication at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, presented The Power of Water.

The Boston By Boat Interim Report provides information on the state of passenger water transportation, including commuter services, water taxis, excursions like harbor tours, dinner cruises, and whale watches, and seasonal ferries to Provincetown, Salem, and the Boston Harbor Islands National Park.

In 2005, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, together with the City of Boston and the Boston Foundation, published a report outlining indicators to track the growth and viability of Boston’s Harbor and Waterfront following a time of large public and private investment in the waterfront city-wide.

In 2004, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay published a report in partnership with the City of Boston and The Boston Foundation’s Indicators Project to measure the direct economic contribution of Boston Harbor and the waterfront

In March of 2004 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Science Advisory Committee released its report on the causes of the beach closings in South Boston and Dorchester. This report provided critical information to better evaluate the proposed solutions to the problem.