The Ides of Summer
Boaters and island visitors traveled to the island to celebrate on the 4th of July. Despite the holiday weekend’s dreary and rainy weather, visitors were treated with the sight of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club skiff race on the 4th where boaters sailed across Cotuit Bay to the island and back. Monday, the sun finally […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 15 Spring 2021
Coalition Quarterly Issue 15 Spring 2021 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter-15-Spring2021web
What a June day
As the month of June ends, another week on Dead Neck Sampson’s Island has come and gone. The cool and cloudy weather on Friday and Monday resulted in quiet days that kept most people away. However, sun and warm temperatures on Saturday and Sunday broke the cloudy spell and lured visitors out to the island […]
The Adventure Continues…
Another weekend on Dead Neck Sampson’s Island leads to more adventures and stories to be told. More people are coming to the island’s beaches to escape the heat. BCWC has an information tent set up on the Sampson’s end of the island where you can pick up a scavenger hunt if you are interested in […]
An Island Adventure
Hello and welcome to the Island Adventures of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition. The island of interest is Dead Neck Sampson’s, located just south of Osterville and Cotuit on Nantucket Sound. What better way to start off our 2021 summer season than in traditional New England fashion – a dreary Memorial Day weekend followed by a […]
Island Time with Ranger Rick
After wading to shore from the boat I sit down on the beach to remove my gum boots…much easier (and more comfortable!) to patrol in sneakers. Squinting hard because of the sun ricocheting off the calm water like so many tiny lasers. Going to be a bright one so I’d better break out the sunblock […]
Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Revisited By Local Author
We are excited to share the news that starting this spring, we will be working with local author and ecologist Gil Newton on an in-depth book about Dead Neck Sampson’s Island (DNSI)! This book will include a natural history survey of DNSI, identifying all the plants and animals found on the island, as well as […]
AmeriCorps Spotlight
BCWC’s new AmeriCorps Service member Colleen Lucey hails from Derry, New Hampshire. After studying psychology and minoring in environmental studies at Stonehill College in eastern Massachusetts, Colleen decided to join AmeriCorps. “I knew that I wanted to do something that included field work, and AmeriCorps made sense.” Colleen’s work with BCWC focuses on water sampling. […]
Sands of Time
The phrase “sands of time” is from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It describes the mark that great people leave on history. Time is like ever-shifting sand, it is never at a standstill. Yet in those mires of sand, some people leave their mark and are remembered for their actions and achievement. Over the […]
The Herring Are Coming and We Are Ready (COVID-Style)!
Triggered by warming waters, the annual migration of river herring from Nantucket Sound, along Dead Neck Sampson’s Island, through the Three Bays estuary, and up the Marstons Mills River is a sure sign spring has arrived on Cape Cod. BCWC will once again oversee the herring counts along the Marstons Mills River at the Mill […]