Clean Water Mondays/Wednesdays – 2022

Design with Nature on Cape Cod & the Islands (4/25/22) Design with Nature on Cape Cod & the Islands Join us Monday, April 25th at the brewery to hear from Jack Ahern, Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about how to preserve the beauty of the Cape with ecologically-based landscaping. […]

DNSI Weekly Reports – 2022

5/31/2022 Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Report As of 5/31/2022 Monitors: Clare SantaColoma, Sophia Valiulis and Cecilia Twining PIPL Activity There are 17 pairs of Piping Plovers on the island. There are 3 active nests and 1 brood on the west tip, 3 nests in the middle section, and 4 nests and 2 broods on the […]

Nitrogen Reclassification Will Put Emphasis On Innovative Systems (8/31/22)

Nitrogen Reclassification Will Put Emphasis On Innovative Systems The Cape Cod Chronicle By: Bronwen Walsh August 31, 2022 BREWSTER – Cape homeowners need to pick up the pace and speed up wastewater treatment by implementing innovative alternative septic systems in areas not conducive to sewering. That’s what Zenas Crocker, executive director of the Barnstable Clean […]

BCWC Featured on Chronicle

Chronicle aired a story on July 20, 2022 about Massachusetts Oyster Project and their work to rebuild the commonwealth’s oyster population. BCWC’s upweller was featured in this segment.

Cape Cod Community College To Install Eco-Toilet After Falmouth Considers Eco-Toilets (6/24/22)

Cape Cod Community College To Install Eco-Toilet After Falmouth Considers Eco-Toilets The Falmouth Enterprise June 24, 2022 Gilda Geist Cape Cod Community College is installing and pilot testing a closed-loop treatment system toilet. This toilet will be the first commercial application of its kind in North America and provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to other waste […]

Experimental Solutions to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution on Cape Cod (6/9/22)

Experimental Solutions to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution on Cape Cod The Nature Conservancy June 9, 2022 Too much nitrogen in our waterways threatens our drinking water, economy, recreation and human health. We are working with nature to change that. The New England way of life depends on our water quality. Everything from our drinking water and […]