The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s long-time director of land protection, Allen Decker, has retired after more than two decades with the organization. We look back on what drove him to do the work and the legacy he has left here.
Last month, the Buzzards Bay Coalition purchased a 650+-acre corridor of land surrounding the Agawam River, an 11-mile waterway that flows from Plymouth’s Halfway Pond through cranberry bogs and forests, joining the Wankinco River to form the Wareham River and empty into Buzzards Bay.
“It makes you feel alive!” This is Grace Pietsch’s immediate response when you ask why she does cold water immersions in Onset Bay three days a week through early April.
Runnels were used successfully at two Buzzards Bay sites—Ocean View and Little Bay—to restore important salt marsh habitat by restoring tidal flow while not “dramatically affecting sediment characteristics or rates of carbon decomposition.”
A Mattapoisett artist’s career comes full circle with a wildlife in wood series to support the Buzzards Bay Coalition.
Volunteers hauled large objects and collected smaller items such as cups, water bottles, straws, and plastic bags.
27 acres of forest and wetlands fills a remaining gap in a large complex of preserved land owned by the Town of Marion.
This first-ever project of its kind in Rochester will bring back a rare Atlantic White Cedar swamp.
Mandated septic upgrades will be required by new construction or triggered if septic flow increases in Falmouth’s nitrogen-regulated areas.