Coastal Resilience: Preservation of Cape Cod life will require planning for eventual changes in weather, large storms, and potential sea level rise.
Storm Surge & Coastal Flooding: 10 year storms are becoming annual storms and 100 year storms are becoming 10 year storms. Learn more here…
Blish Point Storms of 2018: Learn more about the damage and the follow up to these storms that flooded the Blish Point neighborhood.
Mass Estuaries Project Nitrogen Study: This important study is the baseline for Cape-wide decisions with regard to estuary protection.
Water Quality Monitoring & Watershed Planning: These organizations are keeping tabs on the state of Barnstable Harbor.
Salt Marshes: Barnstable Harbor is surrounded by these important ecosystems. Preservation of the marshes themselves, as well as bordering open space is essential to well-being of the harbor.
Native Plants and Landscaping: Learn more about how you can treat your yard like a National Park!
Phragmites: These invasive reeds are taking over our shoreline and obscuring vistas. Are they here to stay?
Reduce Watershed Pollutants: As homeowners, no matter where you live on Cape Cod, the chemicals you use in your yard find their way to the sea. Here on some best practices for maintaining your yard while protecting our watersheds.