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Thirty years and hundreds of thousands of data points later

The Baywatchers water quality monitoring program started its 2021 season in late May, marking its 30th season of operation and making it one of the nation’s longest running and largest water quality monitoring efforts involving citizen scientists.

Defending strong pollution limits for West Falmouth Harbor

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.

Bay Adventures are back with a full summer schedule

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.

This time, clean water won the day ... big time

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.

Putting our roofs to work for the Bay

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.

Saving Doggett Brook Farm

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.

Seventeen places to see (hear and smell) the signs of spring

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.

Coalition completes protection of the Apponagansett Bay Farm

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.

Get outside and go Wild for Wareham during April school vacation week

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.

Taking the time to be mindful in nature can be good for our health

A mindfulness walk can be good for mind, body, and soul. Best of all, it's an activity that can be done at any park or reserve near your home.