Preserving the very nature of Cape Cod for over 55 years
OUR VISION
A carbon-neutral Cape Cod where waters are restored and protected, natural landscapes and wildlife habitat are preserved, and where growth respects the character of town centers and rural lands.
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Native Plant Initiative
Native plants are the cornerstone of natural ecosystems. Native plant species are well-adapted to their growing region and have co-evolved with…
WATER QUALITY
In recent years, the quality of many of Cape Cod’s coastal water bodies has deteriorated due to an excess supply of nitrogen containing compounds.
Cyanobacteria Monitoring
Please Note: Our cyanobacteria monitoring program runs from the end of May through November.
Environmental Sustainability
The high quality of life we enjoy on Cape Cod depends on a healthy environment, with safe drinking water, clean ponds and bays, unspoiled open areas and vibrant mixed use village centers.
HABITAT PROTECTION
From white cedar swamps to heathland to pine barrens, Cape Cod is blessed with a great diversity of unique and important habitats.
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APCC latest news, announcements, press mentions, position statements and more.
WBUR: ‘Never in our wildest dreams’: Mass. environmental projects stall amid federal funding confusion
Photo Credit: Robin Lubbuck/WBUR A wetland restoration project in Harwich was supposed to begin this month; now it’s on hold. Also stalled: the rehab of a community garden in Chelsea, and a report for the Environmental Protection Agency about the effects of exposure...
Cape Cod Times: Federal money for 6 Cape Cod water quality projects still frozen after Trump order
Photo Credit: Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times Federal funding remains frozen for six water quality restoration projects on the Cape, despite challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order. Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape...
It’s Still Happening
Despite widespread news reports that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that frozen federal funds were flowing again, that is not the case. As of this writing, APCC remains unable to access the federal payment system to submit invoices for work legally...
Events & Happenings
Rain Barrels – $122 each – Proceeds Support APCC
Give your garden what it needs, rainwater.
2024 APCC Annual Meeting
APCC 2024 Annual meeting was held Sunday August 25, 2024 at the Dennis Inn.
Guidelines for Cape-friendly Landscapes Booklet
APCC is pleased to announce the availability of its most recent publication.
Go Solar!
In partnership with E2 Solar in Dennis, APCC receives $500 for every solar installation when APCC is named as referral.
Ocean to Office
A special offer to provide Cape businesses the opportunity to beautify their offices with coastal photography and support APCC.
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We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.