Note from the Helm
We’ve all heard the saying, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” At the core of this proverb is the idea of partnership. Stellar results in business and in life usually have partnerships at their foundation, which has proven to be the case for BCWC’s work […]
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Atlantic population: Threatened (Massachusetts status and Federal status) They are a protected species under the Endangered Species Act as of January 10, 1986 and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 Northern Great Plains: Threatened Great Lakes Population: Endangered Summer on Great Plains and along Great Lakes Winter along Gulf […]
Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Dredging
Dead Neck Sampson’s Island (DNSI) is a barrier island south of Grand Island in Osterville that is co-owned and managed by BCWC and Mass Audubon. Years of erosion and longshore drift has resulted in sand from the eastern tip (Dead Neck) moving and collecting down at the western end (Sampson’s) of DNSI. Consequently, the Cotuit […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 14 (Winter 2021)
Coalition Quarterly – Winter 2021 Newsletter Click on image to read more >>
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 […]
Resources for Upcoming Citizen Forums – Town of Barnstable Sewer Assessment Ordinance Presentation
Town of Barnstable’s “Water Resources” website The town recently released a new website that includes important information about the town’s water quality issues and the CWMP. Check out the new Water Resources page by clicking here. We want to encourage everyone to attend the upcoming Citizen Forums – Sewer Assessment Ordinance Presentation. The town of […]
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 […]