Cape ponds test positive for toxic bacteria (5/30/21)
Cape ponds test positive for toxic bacteria Doug Fraser dfraser@capecodonline.com Cape Cod Online May 30, 2021 Recent testing of approximately 70 of the Cape’s 996 ponds and lakes revealed the presence of toxic bacteria in a handful of them. These cyanobacteria are naturally occurring and produce toxins that can harm dogs and humans. Their proliferation […]
Rep. Keating Sees Legislative Opportunities For Cape Water Quality Goals
Rep. Keating Sees Legislative Opportunities For Cape Water Quality Goals Mashpee Enterprise By RYAN SPENCER Feb 26, 2021 In pre-COVID times, US Representative Bill Keating speaks at an event in Falmouth commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.BRENDA M. SHARP/ENTERPRISE US Representative William R. Keating (D-Bourne) said Thursday, February 25, he sees opportunities to pursue […]
My View: Time for Title 6
My View: Time for Title 6 The Barnstable Patriot Zenas Crocker Published: 8:01 a.m. ET Feb. 17, 2021 Updated: 9:31 a.m. ET Feb. 17, 2021 Story Highlights Groundwater on Cape Cod moves one to four feet a day, so all the wastewater and nitrogen that we have put in the ground is on a slow […]
CLF sues Barnstable over pollution in Lewis Bay (2/17/21)
CLF sues Barnstable over pollution in Lewis Bay By Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times HYANNIS — The Conservation Law Foundation filed suit Tuesday in federal court in Boston against the town of Barnstable, saying the Barnstable Water Pollution Control Facility is in violation of the federal Clean Water Act and is polluting Lewis Bay. In […]
My View: Peers and Piers
My View: Peers and Piers The Barnstable Patriot Zenas Crocker Published: 7:01 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2021 Updated: 7:02 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2021 Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s (BCWC) work is all about improving water quality on Cape Cod. Piers or docks have an important, albeit controversial, role to play regarding water quality in our […]
My View: NIMBYism and Wastewater
My View: NIMBYism and Wastewater The Barnstable Patriot Zenas Crocker Published 10:07 a.m. ET Feb. 3, 2021 Story Highlights We will need to take multiple approaches, some new and daunting, to achieve our shared goal of clean waters on Cape Cod. We all want our Cape Cod waters to be clean and healthy, yet many […]
‘Looks Like Something’s Guts Spilled All Over The Beach’ (1/22/21)
‘Looks Like Something’s Guts Spilled All Over The Beach’ Mashpee Enterprise By RYAN SPENCER Jan 22, 2021 Gobs of red algae more than a foot thick in some places blanket a stretch of Popponesset Spit. RYAN SPENCER/ENTERPRISE Gobs of red algae more than a foot thick in some places blanket a stretch of Popponesset Spit. […]
The cleaning power of oysters
The cleaning power of oysters Tasty bivalves provide clear water and denitrification, and play an important part in local marine ecosystems. The Martha’s Vineyard Times By Lucas Thors December 23, 2020 Oysters naturally clean the water column, reduce nitrogen, and are a vital part of the marine ecosystem on Martha’s Vineyard. — Lucas Thors Oysters […]
Barnstable High School launches $1.2M environmental science & technology lab (12/23/20)
Barnstable High School launches $1.2M environmental science & technology lab Barnstable Patriot Bronwen Howells Walsh Dec 23, 2020 As head of Barnstable High School’s new $1.2 million Environmental Science and Technology Lab, Michael Smith cannot wait to get to work. Now entering his 18th year of teaching at BHS, Smith teaching environmental science and biology in the […]
Lawsuit seeks major steps to stem septic pollution
Lawsuit seeks major steps to stem septic pollution Conservation Law Foundation says Mashpee, Barnstable and Mass. DEP have ‘utterly failed’ to protect waterways Geoff Spillane gspillane@capecodonline.com Published 2:00 a.m. ET Sep. 17, 2020 BOSTON — An impending lawsuit by an environmental advocacy organization could wreak havoc on the real estate market in the towns of Barnstable […]