APCC: Herring counts show mixed results (12/5/19)
Wicked Local Brewster Posted Dec 5, 2019 at 6:57 PM APCC: Herring counts show mixed results An analysis by the Association to Preserve Cape Cod of the 2019 volunteer spring herring counts show the results to be a mixed bag containing both good and bad news. They indicate that river herring populations on Cape Cod […]
Clean Water Wednesdays – 2019
Cyanobacteria (8/7/19) For our first Clean Water Wednesday on August 7th at 6:30 pm at Cape Cod Beer, we are excited to have Bryan Horsley from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) as our featured speaker. Bryan is APCC’s Restoration Technician and the Program Manager for the Cape Cod Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program. His presentation will focus […]
What you need to know about PFAS or ‘forever’ chemicals (11/26/19)
What you need to know about PFAS or ‘forever’ chemicals The EPA is set to announce new steps to regulate the chemicals. By Stephanie Ebbs November 26, 2019, 4:04 PM EPA chief Andrew Wheeler sits down with ABC News The EPA has launched its first national action plan to continue cleaning up toxic chemicals around […]
The State Wants To Turn Cranberry Bogs Into Wetlands. It’s Gritty Work
The State Wants To Turn Cranberry Bogs Into Wetlands. It’s Gritty WorkNovember 26, 2019Barbara MoranWBUR This article is more than 4 years old. Alex Hackman picks up a shovel and digs in to what used to be a cranberry bog. Down through an inch or two of tough green cranberry vines, down into the sandy soil beneath. Down, […]
What are PFAS chemicals, and should I be freaking out about them? (11/8/19)
What are PFAS chemicals, and should I be freaking out about them?November 08, 2019 Updated March 15, 2023Barbara MoranWBUR The chemicals called “PFAS” have been in the news a lot lately. So, what are these chemicals, anyway? And should we be worried about them? Here’s what you need to know: What are PFAS? There are thousands […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 9 (Fall 2019)
Coalition Quarterly – Fall 2019 Newsletter Click on image to read more >> Click here to view the version without separated pages.
At The Water’s Edge: Landscape-Based Adaptations for Sea-level Rise in Barnstable
Check out At The Water’s Edge At The Water’s Edge Landscape-Based Adaptations for Sea-level Rise in Barnstable Barnstable, Massachusetts is Cape Cod’s largest town located between Mashpee and Yarmouth. The town’s two coastlines, abutting Cape Cod Bay to the north and Nantucket Sound to the south, comprise 170 miles of coastline, and make Barnstable especially, […]
Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments (10/9/19)
Cape Cod Times By Chris Kilian Posted Oct 9, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Oct 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments For generations, Cape Cod’s bays, beaches and ponds have been an essential summer destination for thousands of residents and tourists alike. Days spent boating, kayaking, bird watching, […]
At the Edge of a warming world (9/26/19)
The Boston Globe Story by Nestor Ramos SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 These bridges span much more than a canal. To traverse the Sagamore, from the north, or the Bourne, from the west, is to cross the boundary between work and play. As the last girder shrinks in the rearview mirror, the road opens onto the pine-fringed […]
Sewer system could add value to a neighborhood (9/26/19)
Cape Cod Times By Jack Edmonston Posted Sep 26, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Sep 26, 2019 at 7:14 AM NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) may have graduated to BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody) in Centerville. According to the Cape Cod Times, the town of Barnstable is trying to build a pumping station on a third of an acre on Main Street, […]