Coalition Quarterly – Issue 1 (Fall 2017)
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Opposition to Sampsons project misplaced (10/25/17)
Cape Cod Times By Thomas K. Burgess Oct 25, 2017 Opposition to Sampsons project misplaced The expertise of the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition and the Massachusetts Audubon Society is being called into question by a very small group of beachgoers who object to the removal of 400 feet of the western point of Sampsons Island. Their arguments […]
Restoring a mill pond (10/8/17)
Cape Cod Times October 8, 2017 Restoring a Mill Pond Zenas Crocker, executive director of the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, says it’s time to shout “hair on fire” about the degrading quality of the Cape’s water resources — from its groundwater to fresh water ponds and salty estuaries. Formerly Three Bays Preservation Inc., the Barnstable […]
Cape Cod Academy Water Days
For the past three years, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Academy to educate students on impacts of excess nitrogen and stormwater runoff in local waters. Four green technology projects were designed and developed to demonstrate potential solutions to degraded water quality in ponds and bays. Students visited several project sites including […]
Discover Pirate’s Cove
Explore the natural treasure troves of Pirate’s Cove on Sampson’s Island. All ages are welcome to join our Summer Rangers for an hour of fun and interactive activities along the shoreline. Learn about the intertidal zone and its inhabitants from horseshoe crabs to shorebirds, and how we as citizen scientists can help protect our local […]
Bayside Explorers
Bayside Explorers is a hands-on, marine discovery program for families that incorporates exploratory field experiences with natural history lessons on the local marine environment. This educational outreach program allows participants to get their hands and feet wet using seine nets, minnow traps, and plankton tows to collect marine organisms in East Bay off Dowses Beach […]
Barnstable Town Council adopts draft of long-term wastewater treatment plan (9/11/17)
The Barnstable Patriot September 11, 2017 Barnstable Town Council adopts draft of long-term wastewater treatment plan Lindsey Counsell’s work is done, and yet it’s just begun. Counsell retired in April after 20 years as executive director of Three Bays. He retired again Aug. 17 as chairman of the town’s Water Resources Advisory Committee, because the […]
APCC offers plan to reduce Three Bays nitrogen (9/1/17)
The Barnstable Patriot September 1, 2017 APCC offers plan to reduce Three Bays nitrogen Stormwater runoff and fertilizer account for more than 23 percent of the nitrogen polluting the Three Bays watershed, according to the first phase of a three-year study by the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition and the […]
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition: Cape’s nitrogen crisis is treatable (8/3/17)
The Barnstable Patriot August 3, 2017 Barnstable Clean Water Coalition: Cape’s nitrogen crisis is treatable [Photo By: Bronwen Howells Walsh] Barnstable gets its drinking water from the same source that its septic systems are leaching into, and the nitrogen crisis facing Cape Cod is not sustainable. That’s what Michael Egan, president of the board […]
Cape’s nitrogen crisis is treatable (8/3/17)
Michael “Mike” Egan, president of the Board of Directors at Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, presented a well-received illustrated lecture on Barnstable’s nitrogen crisis at Osterville Village Library on Tuesday, August 1. Barnstable Clean Water Coalition: Cape’s nitrogen crisis is treatable The Barnstable Patriot August 3, 2017 Barnstable gets its drinking water from the same source […]