WBUR Collaborates with Scientific American to Spread Awareness about Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems on Cape Cod (2/14/24)
WBUR Collaborates with Scientific American to Spread Awareness about Nutrient Pollution from Septic Systems on Cape CodPublished on: February 14, 2024 Big Press for Big Problems This week, WBUR, Boston’s NPR station, aired a two-part series about Cape Cod’s water pollution challenges. The series was part of a collaboration with Scientific American, which produced an 8-minute video documentary […]
Cape Cod Faces a Rising ‘Yellow Tide’ (2/12/24)
Cape Cod Faces a Rising ‘Yellow Tide’Tourism is big business on the cape, but a growing environmental issue could disrupt the lives of tourists and residents, alike.February 12, 2024Scientific AmericanBY DUY LINH TU, SEBASTIAN TUINDER, BARBARA MORAN, ANAISSA RUIZ TEJADA, JOSEPH POLIDORO & JEFFERY DELVISCIO This story was co-published with WBUR in Boston. Read its coverage on efforts to improve the Cape’s water pollution, […]
Cape Cod’s ‘power couple of pee-cycling’ wants you to save that liquid gold (2/12/24)
Cape Cod’s ‘power couple of pee-cycling’ wants you to save that liquid goldFebruary 12, 2024Barbara MoranWBUR This is the second of a two-part series on addressing Cape Cod’s worsening water pollution. Read the first part here. Earle Barnhart and Hilda Maingay take sustainable living seriously. They grow almost all their own food, raise chickens on kitchen scraps, capture rainwater […]
Why septic tanks have become such a big problem on Cape Cod compared to the rest of Mass. (2/12/24)
Why septic tanks have become such a big problem on Cape Cod compared to the rest of Mass.February 12, 2024Nik DeCosta-KlipaWBUR A super (toilet) bowl problem: Cape Cod’s water — its coastline, its freshwater ponds, its saltwater bays — is the linchpin of its tourism-centric economy, and it’s increasingly in bad shape. A recent report found […]
Cape Cod needs to clean up its water. The solutions could cost billions (2/12/24)
Cape Cod needs to clean up its water. The solutions could cost billionsFebruary 12, 2024Barbara MoranWBUR This is the first of a two-part series on addressing Cape Cod’s worsening water pollution. Read the second part here. Pat Uhlman lives across the street from Shubael Pond in Barnstable. The round pond is ringed by trees and — […]
Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project
The CCWRRP StoryMap tells the story of the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project. A StoryMap is a type of interactive presentation software (by ESRI). Using maps, photos, videos, and text, this StoryMap showcases the extent of the projects on Cape Cod and the type of restoration work that the project has helped to fund. This […]
Black sludge, invasive seaweed, toxic algae: Cape Cod pond, coastal waters get poor marks (1/20/24)
Black sludge, invasive seaweed, toxic algae: Cape Cod pond, coastal waters get poor marksCape Cod TimesHeather McCarronJanuary 20, 2024 If Cape Cod had to be defined by a single element, certainly it would be water, surrounded as it is by ocean, sound, canal and bay, dimpled by scores of ponds and lakes, fringed by marshes and beribboned […]
Cape Cod’s drinking water mostly ‘excellent,’ ponds and embayments mostly ‘unacceptable’: new report (1/17/24)
Cape Cod’s drinking water mostly ‘excellent,’ ponds and embayments mostly ‘unacceptable’: new reportWCAIEve ZuckoffJanuary 17, 2024 1 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 2 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 3 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 4 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 5 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 6 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 7 of 7 Association to […]
Water quality ‘unacceptable’ for 90% of Cape Cod’s coastal bays (1/17/24)
Water quality ‘unacceptable’ for 90% of Cape Cod’s coastal baysWBURBarbara MoranJanuary 17, 2024 Ninety percent of Cape Cod’s coastal bays and more than a third of its ponds have “unacceptable” water quality. That’s according to the nonprofit Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s annual State of the Waters report, released Wednesday. Cape Cod’s bays and ponds are […]
Sierra Cape Cod “Tuesday Talks” – Joint Base Cape Cod (1/16/24)
Sierra Cape Cod “Tuesday Talks” – Joint Base Cape Cod “Joint Base Cape Cod’s Future: What’s Up & What’s Next,” featuring Barnstable County Commissioner Mark Forest” Tuesday, January 16, 7 to 8 pm Sierra Cape Cod’s virtual speaker series kicks off the new year on Tuesday, January 16 at 7 pm with a talk by Barnstable County […]