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 […]
MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Zee Crocker-Executive Director of the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (1/14/24)
MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Zee Crocker-Executive Director of the Barnstable Clean Water CoalitionMVYRADIOJanuary 14, 2024 January 14th, 2023 – MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Zee Crocker-Executive Director of the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition To learn more visit the links below. The Cape Cod Current is made possible by Mashpee Commons Please support exclusive recordings […]
‘Big, big growth of algae.’ Restored Marstons Mills wetlands to lessen nitrogen pollution (12/7/23)
‘Big, big growth of algae.’ Restored Marstons Mills wetlands to lessen nitrogen pollution Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron December 7, 2023 MARSTONS MILLS — In the headwaters of the Marstons Mills River, 78 acres of cranberry bogs and adjacent uplands are tucked in along Bog Road and River Road. The bogs have given up their berries this season, […]
Cape Cod researchers study removing PFAS from the waste stream (12/4/23)
Cape Cod researchers study removing PFAS from the waste stream CAI Brian Engles December 4, 2023 The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, or MASSTC, is a premier site for wastewater research located on Cape Cod. Some of their tests involve adding woodchips to septic systems to help remove nitrogen from the environment, but could those […]
The New Septic On The Block (11/13/23)
The New Septic On The Block Our homes, ponds, and wetlands depend on septic systems. New technology stands to change the way we think about our waste. Martha’s Vineyard MagazineNovember 13, 2023THOMAS HUMPHREYPHOTOGRAPHS BY RAY EWING Well below sea level in Oak Bluffs, in the Goodale Construction sand and gravel mining pit, engineer and alternative-septic-technology […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 24 Summer 2023
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 24 Summer 2023 Click on image to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter_Summer2023-Final
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish (10/5/23)
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron October 5, 2023 POPPONESSET BAY — Standing at the edge of a converted pontoon boat anchored in Popponesset Bay, environmental researcher Nicole Corbett held a small monitor as Barnstable Clean Water Coalition field operations manager Luke Cadrin lowered a scientific instrument […]
Healey signs $1 billion tax package into law. Here’s what it means for your wallet. (10/4/23)
Healey signs $1 billion tax package into law. Here’s what it means for your wallet. Boston Globe Samantha Gross October 4, 2023 Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday signed a $1 billion tax package into law, putting ink to her campaign promise to boost Massachusetts’ affordability and competitiveness. The bill, regarded as the most significant piece of legislation […]
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant (9/21/23)
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant Heather McCarron Cape Cod Times September 21, 2023 For now, cranberries are growing in the shallow, as-yet still dry, basins of antique bogs spreading out on both sides of Bog Road in Marstons Mills. Soon, the harvest will begin. It will be among the […]