Coalition Quarterly – Issue 4 (Summer 2018)
Coalition Quarterly – Summer 2018 Newsletter Click on image to read more >> BCWC Summer 2018 Newsletter
50,000 oysters to grow in Hyannis tank (7/31/18)
The Barnstable Patriot Posted Jul 31, 2018 at 1:28 PM Updated Aug 1, 2018 at 10:02 AM 50,000 oysters to grow in Hyannis tank The Massachusetts Oyster Project and Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) have partnered on a project to raise 50,000 oysters in a tank located at Gateway Marina in Hyannis. Water from Hyannis Harbor will be pumped into a tank (known as an […]
Watershed Update Presents Problems While Offering Hope (7/6/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Marina Davalos Jul 6, 2018 Watershed update presents problems while offering hope [Photo Credit: BCWC] [Photo Credit: Board Member of BCWC] [Photo Credit: BCWC] On June 29 Osterville native Zenas “Zee” Crocker told an audience of about 175 of […]
PARCEL BY PARCEL: IN THE THREE BAYS WATERSHED
Check out Parcel by Parcel PARCEL BY PARCEL IN THE THREE BAYS WATERSHED The Three Bays Watershed, located in the Towns of Barnstable, Sandwich, and Mashpee, is facing a crisis of water quality degradation. Excess nitrogen has been identified as the largest contributor to water quality degradation throughout Cape Cod including the Three Bays (Cape […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 3 (Spring 2018)
Coalition Quarterly – Spring 2018 Newsletter Click on image to read more >> BCWC Spring 2018 Newsletter
River Herring are Running in Local Rivers (4/20/18)
NOAA Fisheries Apr 20, 2018 River Herring are Running in Local Rivers River herring gets over a fish ladder at Mill Pond in Marstons Mills on Cape Cod. It’s that time of year. River herring are returning to local rivers and streams to spawn. For Northeast Fisheries Science Center researcher Ruth Haas-Castro, counts began April 1 […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 2 (Winter 2018)
Coalition Quarterly – Winter 2018 Newsletter Click on image to read more >>
Landscaping with native plants can help clean Cape waters (2/8/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Feb 8, 2018 at 10:15 AM Updated Feb 14, 2018 at 1:21 PM Landscaping with native plants can help clean Cape waters [Photo Credit: BCWC] Part two in a three-part series. The Barnstable Clean Water Coalition is taking proven nitrogen mitigation technologies out of the lab and into Marstons Mills Watershed. “By implementing several technologies […]
New book seeks to help Three Bays Watershed (1/25/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Jan 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM Updated Jan 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM New book seeks to help Three Bays Watershed [Photo Credit: BCWC] Part one in a three-part series. University of Massachusetts-Amherst Professor Jack Ahern and 10 graduate students — with financial support from the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition — have published a […]
THREE BAYS WATERSHED: Landscape-Based Solutions to Improve Water Quality
THREE BAYS WATERSHED Landscape-Based Solutions to Improve Water Quality The Three Bays Watershed and Marstons Mills River corridor is located in BArnstable, Sandwich and Mashpee on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The watershed is part of three separate villages within the Town of Barnstable: Cotuit, Marstons Mills and Osterville. The Three Bays Watershed is comprised of Cotuit […]