The APCC program formerly known as the Restoration Coordination Center (RCC) will now be known as the Ecosystem Restoration Program. This rebrand, unlike that of Twitter to X, conveys what we are all about.
The land and water of Cape Cod are really a series of small, interconnected systems that have evolved together to create a complex and rich environment. Understanding the quality of the water requires an appreciation of not just what is happening in the water itself, but in the adjacent marshes and wetlands as well as the connected upland areas. Efforts to protect quality resources and to restore degraded ones must take account of the functioning of the entire system to succeed.
It is this system-based approach to managing environmental quality that is a hallmark of APCC’s programs no matter what we call them. With the Koppel Center to Preserve Cape Cod on the horizon, now seemed a good time to make sure that our program names simply and accurately convey the work that we do. The Ecosystem Restoration Program not only tells you how we approach our work, but conveys where we will be investing heavily in the years ahead as part of our relentless pursuit of a better Cape Cod.
