Implementing the backup plan ensured this annual event took place and the Swim's legacy continued.
Recent deal with Slocum-Gibbs Cranberry Company will allow continued farming, as well as wetlands restoration.
Emma Whittaker's father shares why Buzzards Bay and the Swim were so important to his daughter and how the team has come together since her passing.
Scientists found that the Gooseberry Causeway is not affecting the flow of water to the Westport River or its water quality and is not causing or accelerating erosion at East Beach.
These new water sensors will be deployed to collect important Bay data during intermittent times during the day.
The Coalition made land and conservation restriction purchases with towns to protect the Paskamansett and Mattapoisett River watersheds.
The pumpout encourages boaters to reduce the amount of untreated wastewater that would directly be discarded into the Bay and the boardwalk provides access to Barges and Channel beaches.
The Buzzards Bay Coalition, along with partners from Boston University, Woods Hole Group, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, set out to study a series of scientific questions that focused on the Gooseberry Causeway and its effects on the beaches and water quality of Buzzards Bay between the Westport and Slocums Rivers.
A prescribed springtime burn maintains the maritime grasslands along the western slope of the outermost Elizabeth Island.