We at APCC are all in on our work. We see challenges and opportunities all around us and we have upped our commitment to make a difference and advance the cause of environmental protection and advocacy for Cape Cod.
The last few years have been good ones for APCC. We have made a difference on water quality, resource restoration, habitat preservation and restoration of native landscapes, just to name a few. We have been empowered to achieve our successes by the generosity of our supporters and, finding ourselves on firmer ground, we will be expanding our capabilities in 2023 to do more in the areas of freshwater water quality, wetlands assessment and restoration, and promotion of native plants and improved landscape practices. You will hear more about all of this as 2023 unfolds, but know that as the calendar turns, APCC is investing further in the environmental future of Cape Cod.
While increasing our response capabilities to meet the new challenges we face, we will keep our eye on the ball by:
- Ensuring that the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve is not threatened by the ill-conceived siting of a multipurpose machine gun range.
- Preventing Holtec from using Cape Cod Bay as a nuclear waste dump.
- Keeping the pressure on to lower nutrient loads that are killing our marine and freshwaters, and seeing to it that the rules governing septic systems are updated.
- Ensuring that the much-needed new canal bridges are designed to minimize any environmental impacts.
- Releasing an update of the State of the Waters: Cape Cod in early 2023 to keep the focus on improving water quality.
- Highlighting the loss of habitat on Cape Cod due to development, and promoting strategies to ensure that the remaining unprotected open space is preserved to maintain water quality, habitat, and environmental quality.
- Preventing the mindless destruction of the native landscape in the name of housing development strategies we know will not address affordability, but will result in further degradation of the Cape.
There will no doubt be more issues that arise, and we will be ready to meet the challenges as they emerge. We are busy living here and hope the same for you and yours. Best wishes for a happy, healthful, and enriching 2023.
