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June 24, 2026
Each spring, river herring return from the ocean to Cape Cod’s streams and ponds to spawn. By early summer, the direction of travel begins to change.
We Need You
It is that time of year again. Along with sun-filled days and time outside with friends and family, early summer also brings with it APCC’s Summer Appeal. While no one enjoys asking for money, the hard truth is that the job of speaking for the Cape’s environment has...
June 17, 2026
Have you ever wondered how Cape Cod’s freshwater kettle ponds stay full of water? The Cape’s kettle ponds are not typically fed by streams or rivers. Rather, most are connected to groundwater—the water beneath our feet.
Death, taxes and… ?
The answer could be a lot of things but for this purpose it is cyanobacteria. Along with the transition from cool spring to hot summer, we are starting to see the return of unwelcome but increasingly familiar cyanobacteria blooms. Along with providing yet another...
WBUR: The race to save a Cape Cod salt marsh from sea-level rise
Nicholas Dillon picked up a 3-foot metal spike and jammed it into the mud at his feet. He ground it around to widen a hole, then another worker placed a small tuft of grass into the muddy divot.
June 10, 2026
The water continues to warm up, which means summer is just around the corner. Water temperatures are just beginning to be warm enough for the pumpkinseed sunfish of Cape Cod to begin getting active.
Rally with Us!
The overwhelmingly positive reaction to The Cape We Shape campaign has validated one of our foundational assumptions. There is widespread public support for preserving at-risk sensitive open space essential to the protection of water quality and critical habitat....
June 3, 2026
Recently, we asked you to take action on behalf of the Cape’s unique and fragile environment by writing to your legislators regarding problematic language in the Senate’s otherwise good “Mass Ready Act” (S. 3064) that threatens local wetland protections and wastewater management requirements.
May 27, 2026
This past week brought a beautiful encounter for one of our pond teams. APCC Pond Technician May Lopopolo came across this Eastern tiger swallowtail at Gull Pond in Wellfleet while preparing to paddle out in the canoe to collect water quality data.
May 20, 2026
This spring, herring are once again running strong at the Stony Brook Herring Run. Thanks to the dedication of more than 50 volunteer monitors, more than 20,000 cumulative herring have already been counted migrating upstream into Mill Pond to spawn.