If Only Fish Could Speak

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Jessica Alpert

This week on Radio Boston, we’re taking a closer look at Cape Wind.  Yesterday Ken Salazar, U.S. Interior Secretary, toured the prospective site located five miles off the Cape and met with members of of the Aquinnah (Tribe of Gay Head) and Mashpee Wampanoag tribe as well as others in favor of and opposed to the wind farm.

I’ve been reading volumes regarding the project: letters, blogs, documentaries, documents, studies, proposals.  It’s endless.  One huge issue is the wind farm’s possible effects on wildlife, most notably the fishing industry.  I’m still knee-deep in the reading but this Friday, we’ll surely ask both parties about this issue.

In the meantime, take a look at these perspectives from Cape Wind Associates and the Massachusetts Fisherman’s Partnership.  Cape Wind supporters claim the wind turbines won’t affect fisherman or fisheries while opponents claim the project could effectively kill an entire industry. What are your thoughts? Are fisheries even a concern for you? Is this project still on your radar?

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Associate Producer, Here & Now Most recently, Jessica worked as an associate producer at WBUR's daily local program, Radio Boston. Jessica moved to Boston in 2008 and has lived many places since leaving her native Texas. After graduating from college, Jessica worked as a federal employee, documentary film festival producer, oral historian, university teaching assistant, traveling saleswoman and klezmer musician. Her work and projects have appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Bust, Barnard Magazine, National Public Radio, Public Radio International (PRI), and the BBC. Jessica's freelance radio work has received various awards including accolades from the Religion Newswriters Association and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. As a Fulbright Scholar in El Salvador, Jessica collected and studied oral histories from the Jewish Community based in San Salvador. Jessica received her B.A. in political science from Columbia University’s Barnard College and her M.A. in history from Indiana University. She learned how to make radio from the phenomenal folks at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Jessica lives in Somerville with her husband, twin son and daughter, and two cats. To learn more about Jessica’s projects, both current and past, please visit www.jessicaalpert.com.