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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
Coalition Quarterly Issue 4 Summer 2018 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter-4-Summer2018web
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: 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 Cod Commission, 2015.) […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 3 Spring 2018
Coalition Quarterly Issue 3 Spring 2018 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter-3-Spring2018web
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 Issue 2 Winter 2018 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter-2-Winter2018web
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 […]