The research vessel Helen K., a 31-foot SteigerCraft pilothouse boat, was recently christened as the new Baykeeper.

Thanks to the Coalition’s recent appeal and settlement of the town’s wastewater treatment plant permit, Falmouth is now operating under the strictest permit ever issued to it.

The Coalition is launching a full schedule of free outdoor activities for the summer, resuming its Bay Adventure program, which aims to connect people to outdoor fun on Buzzards Bay and its watershed lands.

Wareham voters reject a proposal that threatened a sensitive stream and the sea-run brook trout that call it home, as well as a rare Pine Barren forest, Buzzards Bay, and the community’s s drinking water supply.

The Coalition currently generates 21 percent of its own electricity from solar and its committed to further reducing reliance on fossil fuel by applying the lessons its learned from installing its current solar systems to new projects.

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is partnering with the Rochester Land Trust to forever protect a scenic 60-acre farm and adjacent woodlands to keep clean water flowing to the Bay, support habitat for plants and animals, and maintain Rochester's unique character.

The best way to celebrate the spring season is to get outside and savor the re-awakening that is taking place. You’ll find the signs of spring in the woodlands, wetlands, salt marshes, and waters of Buzzards Bay. Here’s a quick list of places you are most likely to spy hopeful signs of the warmer weather that is on its way as well as some pointers on what to look for.

The Wareham Land Trust, Mass Audubon, and the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Onset Bay Center are joining forces to provide for a full week of outdoor activities that highlight Wareham’s wild side during April school vacation.

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.

The first 28 years of Baywatchers water quality data has been published in the international scientific journal, Scientific Data, improving access to the information for researchers around the world.