WBUR: Early toxic algal blooms affecting more Cape Cod ponds this year
Photo Credit: Eric Schwam/Brewster Ponds Coalition Blueberry Pond in Brewster WBUR | By Barbara Moran Toxic algae has bloomed in more Cape Cod ponds than usual at this time of year, triggering advisories in Barnstable, Brewster and Orleans. Algae has been spotted in...
Support for H.898 – An Act to End the Taking of Horseshoe Crabs for Bait
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) writes in strong support for An Act to End the Taking of Horseshoe Crabs for Bait (H.898), which would prohibit the harvesting of horseshoe crabs for use as bait in commercial fishing in Massachusetts. Full...
WCAI: Five months after closed-door meeting on Cape Cod machine gun range, discussion revealed
Photo Credit: Eve Zuckoff A guardsman waits to fire on the Sierra Range at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. It is a 300 meter automated rifle qualification range where soldiers are tested on rifle marksmanship. WCAI | By Eve Zuckoff Last October, the Massachusetts...
Mass. National Guard to pay $26K to opponents of machine gun range
Photo Credit: Elodie Reed/Vermont Public The Massachusetts Army National Guard has agreed to pay the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) more than $26,000. The payment will settle a public records battle between the Guard and the environmental group over a failed...