Discover Buzzards Bay

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Things to Do
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Places to Go
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Featured Adventure
13 spots to go trail running around southeastern Massachusetts
Combine the benefits of running with the pleasure of connecting with the great outdoors on one of these 13 trails around the region.
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Current Issues

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On the Bay
Nitrogen Pollution Oil Spills Toxic Pollution Bacterial Contamination See all On the Baynext
On the Land
Land Conservation Restoring Streams & Wetlands Cranberry Bogs See all On the Landnext
Top Story
Nearly 50 acres of salt marshes protected on Onset’s Shell Point Bay
Shell Point Bay marshes in Onset will soon become a destination for paddling, boating, fishing, and exploring, now that the Coalition has permanently protected this threatened coastal property as part of its developing Onset Bay Center.
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In Your Community

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State Appeals Court: Mattapoisett homeowner must restore damaged wetlands on Eel Pond
Court decision upholds the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission’s 2015 enforcement order requiring that a Seabreeze Lane homeowner restore filled wetlands and buffer zone along Eel Pond, one of Buzzards Bay’s most delicate coastal salt ponds.
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Bay Health

Bay Current

Each fall, the Buzzards Bay Coalition distributes a newsletter to share how members and supporters have helped made a difference for clean water in the past year. Read our latest Bay Current below to learn about the Coalition’s work to protect clean water in Buzzards Bay through advocacy, watershed protection, and community engagement.

2016 Bay Current

Past Newsletters

Click on a link below to download a past edition of the Bay Current.

Working to Save Buzzards Bay

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a membership-supported organization dedicated to improving the health of the Buzzards Bay ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research, and advocacy.

We work to protect clean water on the Bay and on the land:

On the Bay

On the Land