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Why We Plunge: Grace Pietsch and Marese Barry-Belanger

“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.

New Paper Confirms Benefits of Salt Marsh Runnels

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.”

Carving Wildlife

A Mattapoisett artist’s career comes full circle with a wildlife in wood series to support the Buzzards Bay Coalition.

Volunteers Clean Up Marsh Island’s Shore

Volunteers hauled large objects and collected smaller items such as cups, water bottles, straws, and plastic bags.

Land Purchase Facilitates Salt Marsh Migration Near Aucoot Cove

27 acres of forest and wetlands fills a remaining gap in a large complex of preserved land owned by the Town of Marion.

Rochester Cranberry Restoration Gets the Go-Ahead

This first-ever project of its kind in Rochester will bring back a rare Atlantic White Cedar swamp.

Leading the “Adventures”

This is one in a series of stories that feature the work that our staff and partners do to preserve the land and waters of Buzzards Bay.

Falmouth Votes for Nitrogen-Reducing Septic System Requirements

Mandated septic upgrades will be required by new construction or triggered if septic flow increases in Falmouth’s nitrogen-regulated areas.