Coalition Quarterly – Issue 24 Summer 2023
Coalition Quarterly Issue 24 Summer 2023 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter_Summer2023-Final
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish (10/5/23)
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron October 5, 2023 POPPONESSET BAY — Standing at the edge of a converted pontoon boat anchored in Popponesset Bay, environmental researcher Nicole Corbett held a small monitor as Barnstable Clean Water Coalition field operations manager Luke Cadrin lowered a scientific instrument […]
Healey signs $1 billion tax package into law. Here’s what it means for your wallet. (10/4/23)
Healey signs $1 billion tax package into law. Here’s what it means for your wallet. Boston Globe Samantha Gross October 4, 2023 Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday signed a $1 billion tax package into law, putting ink to her campaign promise to boost Massachusetts’ affordability and competitiveness. The bill, regarded as the most significant piece of legislation […]
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant (9/21/23)
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant Heather McCarron Cape Cod Times September 21, 2023 For now, cranberries are growing in the shallow, as-yet still dry, basins of antique bogs spreading out on both sides of Bog Road in Marstons Mills. Soon, the harvest will begin. It will be among the […]
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Over $1.7 Million to Acquire Retired Cranberry Bogs for Wetlands Restoration (9/19/23)
Press Release: Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Over $1.7 Million to Acquire Retired Cranberry Bogs for Wetlands Restoration September 19, 2023 The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1.7 million in grant awards to acquire retired cranberry bogs for restoration to functional wetlands. Through the Cranberry Bog Acquisition for Restoration Grant Program, the Executive Office of Energy and […]
A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One. (9/13/23)
A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One. Cornell Botanic Gardens is testing sustainable options for replacing your backyard grass. The bonus: They don’t need to be cut more than twice a year. The New York Times Margaret Roach September 13, 2023 (In September 24, 2023 Print Edition) It’s a grail of […]
DNSI Weekly Reports – 2023
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A Summary of Title 5 Regulation Changes (8/31/23)
A Summary of Title 5 Regulation Changes Published on: August 31, 2023 The Problem: Nutrient Pollution from Septic Tanks on Cape Cod The majority of homes on Cape Cod–more than 85%–use septic systems for wastewater treatment. While septic systems do a good job of keeping wastewater out of sight and out of mind, they allow […]
‘A Perfect Storm Of Circumstances’: Mashpee Scientist Researches Seaweed, Jellyfish Surges (8/31/23)
‘A Perfect Storm Of Circumstances’: Mashpee Scientist Researches Seaweed, Jellyfish Surges Mashpee Enterprise Alex Megerle August 31, 2023 It was a picture-perfect August day on Cape Cod when the boat anchor came up caked with black sludge. From the depths of Popponesset Creek came the alien-looking goo, an unpleasant-smelling substance that Nicole Corbett said was […]
Recycling urine to solve our wastewater problem (8/23/23)
Recycling urine to solve our wastewater problem Cape and Islands Mindy Todd August 23, 2023 LISTEN • 49:09 The state and EPA have mandated that the Cape manage wastewater to prevent nutrient overload in our ponds, estuaries and embayments. Alternative septic systems and sewering are both expensive options. On The Point, we discuss another choice: urine diversion, […]