Recently, staff from APCC’s Ecosystem Restoration Program participated in a salt marsh restoration training event at Little Bay Salt Marsh in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
A while ago I sought some help with back pain that I reasonably thought was a back problem. I stretched, iced, heated and otherwise babied my back to no great effect. Once in the care of someone knowledgeable, I came to learn that my back pain originated from a...
Simplicity has an allure. When faced with complex topics, a degree of uncertainty and nuance, many people want direct guidance on whether something is safe or dangerous, right or wrong, good or bad. In reality, few things lend themselves to clear lines of demarcation...
APCC recently installed turbidity sensors and sediment traps at Weir Creek salt marsh in Dennis to better understand sediment movement around an undersized tidal culvert.
Remember back when the early talk about climate change predicted sweltering heat, long droughts interrupted by tropical downpours, and poor air quality driven by increased wildfire activity? Those predictions describe July on Cape Cod—this July actually. The debate is...
Peak bloom season for white water lilies on Cape Cod is July through August—which means now. Water lilies, Nymphaea odorata, are a cornerstone species in Cape Cod’s pond ecosystems and thrive in the various kettle ponds of the Cape.
If I were to come to your house and burn it down or bulldoze it to the ground, you might reasonably think that I had done you harm. Most people would apply a common sense standard that harm occurs when the place you live is destroyed. Until last week, that was the...