‘Green’ stormwater systems helping clean coastal waters (7/25/19)
Barnstable Patriot Posted Jul 25, 2019 at 2:58 PM Updated Jul 27, 2019 at 8:16 AM ‘Green’ stormwater systems helping clean coastal waters The first two in a series of planned nature-based stormwater treatment systems were recently completed in the Three Bays watershed in Barnstable. Across Cape Cod, many coastal waters like the Three Bays are threatened and impaired by excess nutrients and bacteria coming […]
‘The Cape is not a one-size-fits-all approach to planning’ (11/22/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Nov 22, 2018 at 9:17 AM Updated Nov 24, 2018 at 6:52 AM ‘The Cape is not a one-size-fits-all approach to planning’ In a joint public hearing Nov. 15, the Barnstable Town Council and Planning Board voted unanimously to ask the Cape Cod Commission to raise the square footage on developments of regional impact. Translation: The town, […]
Zoning for the future: ‘We’re going to get a lot louder,’ says Barnstable Clean Water Assoc. (11/15/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Nov 15, 2018 at 1:28 PM Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 12:45 PM Zoning for the future: ‘We’re going to get a lot louder,’ says Barnstable Clean Water Assoc. Barnstable Town Council was poised to vote Nov. 15 on expanding the highway business district on Route 28 in Centerville and Hyannis, and along West Main Street in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]