by APCC | Jan 10, 2022 | Pond Stories
by Susan Baur The water had finally climbed above 70 degrees in June and turtles, still hungry from hibernation, were out eating everything they could cram in their mouths. I swam slowly to a rocky point, and in fifteen minutes saw all three kinds of...
by APCC | Jan 7, 2022 | In the News
A new report released Monday finds that surface water quality on Cape Cod has degraded for the third year in a row. The Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s annual State of the Waters report tracks the water quality of the Cape’s freshwater ponds, marine...
by APCC | Jan 7, 2022 | In the News
One-third of ponds and nearly 90 percent of embayments on the Cape had ‘unacceptable’ water quality in 2020, according to the Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s third annual State of the Waters report, which also revealed the first-ever less-than-perfect score for a...
by APCC | Jan 7, 2022 | In the News
The water column grew clouded with algae. Species of shellfish, abundant just decades ago, disappeared along with the eelgrass. The story is the same for estuaries and bays across Cape Cod: water quality is declining and has been for years. Full Article
by APCC | Dec 30, 2021 | What I'm Thinking
APCC closed out a very busy and productive year with the release of the 3rd annual update of our State of the Waters: Cape Cod report. The findings this year continue to document declining water quality in our estuaries, ponds and in some drinking water supplies. The...
