APCC invests $1.2M in Three Bays stormwater management (10/29/18)
The Barnstable Patriot Posted Oct 29, 2018 at 2:00 AM APCC invests $1.2M in Three Bays stormwater management [Photo by: Alan Belanich] The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) is partnering with the town of Barnstable Department of Public Works (DPW), the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, the Horsley Witten Group and the Barnstable Land Trust on a five-year local, […]
Developing a roadmap: Barnstable, EPA officials fast-track nitrogen removal efforts (10/29/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Oct 29, 2018 at 1:29 PM Updated Oct 30, 2018 at 5:27 PM Developing a roadmap: Barnstable, EPA officials fast-track nitrogen removal efforts A who’s who of local, regional, and national environmental officials dedicated to restoring clean water on Cape Cod met Oct. 29 in Woods Hole about how to speed up the region’s groundwater nitrogen removal […]
Barnstable Board of Health, Town Council leadership at odds over sewering, development (10/25/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Oct 25, 2018 at 5:37 PM Updated Oct 26, 2018 at 9:59 AM Barnstable Board of Health, Town Council leadership at odds over sewering, development Irresponsible, premature, ill-advised, and inappropriate. Those were some of the fiery reactions to a proposal to limit sewer capacity in town at the expense of interim regulations designed to protect the town’s […]
BARNSTABLE TOWN NOTES (10/19/18)
The Barnstable Patriot Posted Oct 19, 2018 at 12:18 PM Updated Oct 19, 2018 at 12:28 PM BARNSTABLE TOWN NOTES MA Nature Conservancy, Barnstable win funding The Nature Conservancy’s Massachusetts chapter has been awarded funding from NatureVest’s 2018 Conservation Investment Accelerator Competition promoting environmental sustainability. NatureVest is the conservation investing unit of The Nature Conservancy. Applications were received from 26 countries and covered sectors as […]
Brew, oysters take center stage at Cape Cod Beer’s fest (10/17/18)
Cape Cod Times By Barbara Clark / Contributing writer Posted Oct 17, 2018 at 3:00 AM Updated Oct 17, 2018 at 4:31 PM Brew, oysters take center stage at Cape Cod Beer’s fest [Photo Credit: Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times] The oysters are coming to Hyannis on Saturday, and the beer crafted with oysters from all over the Cape will be there as well. Cape […]
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Barnstable moves ahead with Cotuit Cut dredging (9/13/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Sep 13, 2018 at 8:30 AM Barnstable moves ahead with Cotuit Cut dredging [Photo By: Bronwen Howells Walsh] On Sept. 6, Barnstable Town Council unanimously approved a $1 million capital appropriation to fund dredging Cotuit Bay Entrance Channel. Barnstable Town Manager Mark Ells announced that the town was also awarded […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 4 (Summer 2018)
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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 […]