A Guide to CLEAN WATER LIVING on Cape Cod
Check out our A Guide to CLEAN WATER LIVING on Cape Cod This guide features information about our water, the problems we face and tips to conserve water. Stop by our office for a physical copy.
Design with Nature on Cape Cod and the Islands
Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are special places known for their distinctive flora, including pine-oak forests, sandplain grasslands, and sand dunes peppered with bearberry shrubs. Unfortunately, this unique sense of place is under threat. In recent decades, contemporary landscape practices have come to depend on environmentally stressful fertilizers and irrigation […]
Mill Pond Perched Wetland Study
Check out Mill Pond Perched Wetland Study Like many popular coastal areas of the country, Cape Cod has water quality problems. Excess nitrogen leaching into waterways has led to eutrophication and algae blooms in many of the Cape’s surface waters, groundwater and estuaries. Some species that proliferate in nutrient-enriched waters, like bluegreen algae, are dangerous […]
At The Water’s Edge: Landscape-Based Adaptations for Sea-level Rise in Barnstable
Check out At The Water’s Edge: Landscape-Based Adaptations for Sea-level Rise in Barnstable Barnstable, Massachusetts is Cape Cod’s largest town located between Mashpee and Yarmouth. The town’s two coastlines, abutting Cape Cod Bay to the north and Nantucket Sound to the south, comprise 170 miles of coastline, and make Barnstable especially, and profoundly, vulnerable to […]
Parcel By Parcel: In the Three Bays Watershed
Check out Parcel by Parcel: In the Three Bays Watershed The Three Bays Watershed, located in the Towns of Barnstable, Sandwich, and Mashpee, is facing a crisis of water quality degradation. Excess nitrogen has been identified as the largest contributor to water quality degradation throughout Cape Cod including the Three Bays (Cape Cod Commission, 2015.) […]
Three Bays Watershed: Landscape-Based Solutions to Improve Water Quality
Check out Three Bays Watershed: Landscape-Based Solutions to Improve Water Quality The Three Bays Watershed and Marstons Mills River corridor is located in BArnstable, Sandwich and Mashpee on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The watershed is part of three separate villages within the Town of Barnstable: Cotuit, Marstons Mills and Osterville. The Three Bays Watershed is comprised […]