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What Makes Helping the Planet Irresistible?
Friday, April 17, 2026
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
March 25, 2026
A variety of birds make Cape Cod their home throughout the year, inhabiting the Cape’s inland woods and ponds, coasts and shorelines.
It Matters Who Pays
Ninety percent of the Cape’s estuaries exhibit poor water quality resulting directly from excess nitrogen, mostly from septic wastewater disposal. Towns across the Cape are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on wastewater infrastructure with the goal of reducing...
Pond Ecology Matters: Biodiversity and Its Role in Pond Health
Friday, May 1, 2026
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
March 18, 2026
Each spring across Cape Cod, thousands of river herring migrate from the ocean into freshwater streams and ponds to spawn.
It Does Matter
What you do, or don’t do, has political ramifications. The odds are that if you are reading this column you are invested in the quality of our environment and support good environmental practices. Now as much as ever, actions speak louder than words. Feeling strongly...
March 11, 2026
Cape Cod in early March can feel suspended between seasons. The light is a little softer, the air still carries winter’s chill, and the landscape hasn’t yet given itself to spring.
March 4, 2026
APCC is excited to share an update on the Sesuit Creek adaptive management project, which aims to accelerate salt marsh recovery upstream of Bridge Street in Dennis.
Not Ready
The Blizzard of 2026, with all the disruption and personal pain it imposed, was a stress test of the Cape’s infrastructure and overall readiness for a major storm response. Despite tireless work by plow drivers, line crews, volunteers and first responders, the Cape’s...
February 18, 2026
We’re sounding the alarm around the Cape and raising the SOS flag. This moment isn’t like any other. We’re at a crossroads where we get to choose the Cape we shape, but only if we act now.