How Healthy is Your Water?
NA
Buttonwood Brook
Two sampling stations: BWB4, BWB1
31
Inner Apponagansett Bay
Three sampling stations: AB1A, AB1, AB4
50
Middle Apponagansett Bay
One sampling station: AB3
57
Outer Apponagansett Bay
Four sampling stations: AB2, AB6, AB6A, AB7

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Help the Buzzards Bay Coalition keep an eye on the health of the water in your community. Become a Baywatcher, and you can volunteer as a "citizen scientist" on the water this summer.

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The Buttonwood-to-Bay Project: A New Season for Local Water Quality

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is excited to kick off our first few rounds of water sampling as a part of the Buttonwood-to-Bay Project.

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Coalition launches project to restore water quality in Buttonwood Brook and Apponagansett Bay

The Coalition has launched a collaborative effort to complete the science to identify pollution sources in Buttonwood Brook in New Bedford and Apponagansett Bay in Dartmouth.

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Coalition completes protection of the Apponagansett Bay Farm

The Coalition and our partner, the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT), finalized a conservation restriction on the privately-owned Apponagansett Bay Farm, the final piece in a rich patchwork of historic farmlands, woods, and wetlands that border Dike Creek in Dartmouth.

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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: