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Buzzards Bay Coalition employee testing water in West Falmouth Harbor
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At spots all around Buzzards Bay each summer, approximately 100 people collect a simple series of water samples that form the foundation of all the Coalition’s work.

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protected farmland on Nasketucket Bay with Accredited Land Trust seal
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This month, the Land Trust Accreditation Commission announced that the Coalition is now an accredited land trust. This is the highest recognition that a land trust can receive.

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foam floating docks at marina on Brandt Island Cove in Mattapoisett
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Brandt Island Cove in Mattapoisett is facing a brighter future now that owners of a local marina have agreed to replace old polystyrene foam floats that are sending litter into a nearby salt marsh.

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an excavator digging a connection from Cuttyhunk West End Pond to Buzzards Bay
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A crew has finally reopened an inlet to connect Cuttyhunk's West End Pond with Buzzards Bay once again.

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a teenage boy wearing waders holding a quahog and a clam rake
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Digging for quahogs is lots of fun, and easier than you might think. Here’s everything you need to know about quahogging in Buzzards Bay.

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Little Bay and the mouth of the Nasketucket River
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The Coalition has permanently protected 140 acres of forests, fields, and salt marshes in Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, completing the first half of the Nasketucket Bay Land Conservation Project.

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River herring swimming up the Agawam River
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On a cool, sunny morning in early May, Director of Monitoring Programs Tony Williams pulled up to a section of the Acushnet River flowing through a farm in rural Acushnet.

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Swimmers pose with medals at the 2014 Buzzards Bay Swim finish line in Fairhaven
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210 swimmers dove into outer New Bedford Harbor to show their support for clean, healthy water by taking part in the 21st annual Buzzards Bay Swim.

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2014 Buzzards Bay Guardian Award winners John Ross, Rich Packard, and the Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club
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At its 26th Annual Meeting in Falmouth on May 15, the Coalition recognized individuals and groups from across the Buzzards Bay watershed for their contributions to protecting and restoring the Bay during the last year.

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a scientist looks for rainbow smelt eggs in the Weweantic River
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The Weweantic River is home to the United States' southernmost population of rainbow smelt: a small, silvery fish that lives its entire life in Buzzards Bay. But smelt appear to be dwindling in the Weweantic.

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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: