MATTAPOISETT — Join the Mattapoisett Women’s Club for a talk by Korinn Petersen, vice president of clean water advocacy at the Buzzards Bay Coalition.

The talk will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street. 

Petersen will discuss her advocacy work on behalf of the Coalition and focus on the long-term sustainable use of Buzzards Bay by managing both local and regional projects designed to reduce nitrogen pollution from wastewater. Learn about the decades of hard work and significant resources invested in reducing pollution, saving vital watershed lands, and making Buzzards Bay more resilient in the face of climate change.  

Petersen graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a B.S. in resource economics, received a Master of Studies in Environmental Law and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School.  

As always, Mattapoisett Women’s Club programs are open to the community.