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. […]
Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteer Spotlight: Chuck Gifford What is left to do when you already spend your time fishing, cycling, hiking, acting, traveling, sailing, and volunteering for the Rotary Club? For Chuck Gifford, the answer was volunteering with BCWC – and we are the luckier for it. One day, Chuck saw our posters advertising for herring count volunteers […]
Why We Support BCWC
Why We Support BCWC: David Abelman & Marilyn Weil-Abelman After spending many years visting the ponds on Cape Cod with their then young children, David Abelman and his wife Marilyn decided to make Long Pond in Marstons Mills their Cape escape. “Here on Long Pond, you would never know you were in the hustle and […]
Environmentalists Buy Surplus Oysters to Boost Shellfish Industry and Restore Imperiled Waterways
Environmentalists Buy Surplus Oysters to Boost Shellfish Industry and Restore Imperiled Waterways CapeandIslands.org CAI | By Eve Zuckoff Published December 29, 2020 at 11:17 AM EST Local oyster growers are getting a boost after months of restaurant closures have “torpedoed” the industry, according to one grower. The Nature Conservancy, a Boston-based environmental group, and its […]
Summer Staff on the Move
For three summers now, BCWC has grown oysters in an upweller demonstration project on Hyannis Harbor in partnership with the Massachusetts Oyster Project and the town of Barnstable. The tiny oyster spat are only 1-2mm (the size of a grain of sand) when first placed in buckets in the upweller. They filter phytoplankton (algae), nutrients […]
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 […]