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WCAI: Toxic blue-green algae blooms are back in local ponds
It’s summer on Cape Cod and that means toxic blue-green algae blooms are back in local ponds.
The algae is usually natural and harmless until it dominates an ecosystem and releases dangerous toxins, as has happened in Mashpee-Wakeby Pond on the Mashpee/Sandwich border and Long Pond in Barnstable. Those ponds are now closed to swimmers.
Boston.com: Toxic algae is back, this time on the Cape
It’s that time of the year.
At least two Cape Cod ponds have posted advisories regarding algae blooms.
As of Sunday, people and pets were warned not to swim or ingest water in any way from the Mashpee-Wakeby Pond due to a cyanobacteria bloom.
Cape Cod Times: A possible toxic bloom discovered at Bearses Pond in Barnstable
BARNSTABLE — The Association to Preserve Cape Cod documented a potentially toxic cyanobacteria bloom at Bearses Pond in Barnstable on June 13.
APCC recommended residents avoid contact with the pond water, specifically citing ingestion of pond water that can occur when swimming. In significant amounts, cyanobacteria can cause “skin irritation, neurological impairment and organ impairment,” Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb said.
CapeCod.com – New Map Identifies Overlapping Housing and Conservation Interests
HYANNIS – A local environmental official highlighted a new mapping tool from Grow Smart Cape Cod that will be used to keep both conservation and housing interests in mind.
Grow Smart was recently unveiled as a partnership between Housing Assistance Corporation and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod.
MVYRADIO – Joe Stickles Interviews Andrew Gottlieb, APCC Executive Director
WBUR: Cape Cod’s water quality is getting worse, report finds
A new report released Monday finds that surface water quality on Cape Cod has degraded for the third year in a row.
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s annual State of the Waters report tracks the water quality of the Cape’s freshwater ponds, marine estuaries, and public drinking water.
WCAI: Water quality report: one-third of ponds tested on Cape Cod called ‘unacceptable’
One-third of ponds and nearly 90 percent of embayments on the Cape had ‘unacceptable’ water quality in 2020, according to the Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s third annual State of the Waters report, which also revealed the first-ever less-than-perfect score for a community’s drinking water supplies.
The Enterprise: APCC State Of The Waters Report: Optimism Despite Continued Water Quality Decline
The water column grew clouded with algae. Species of shellfish, abundant just decades ago, disappeared along with the eelgrass. The story is the same for estuaries and bays across Cape Cod: water quality is declining and has been for years.
Cape Cod Times: 40-year-old Bottle Bill needs an update to reduce trash
We need to stop kicking the can down the road.
Since its passage nearly 40 years ago, the Bottle Bill has been Massachusetts’ most successful recycling program. But time is catching up to the law, and it needs updating to deliver the best results.
E&E News: YIMBY? Cape Cod welcomes first large U.S. offshore wind farm
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — When a developer proposed building an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound two decades ago, some of the fiercest opposition came from Cape Cod residents.
Yesterday, they struck a different tone, welcoming America’s first major offshore wind project ashore with open arms.
A 35-mile offshore transmission cable serving Vineyard Wind, a 62 turbine project planned in federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, will land in Barnstable on the type of pristine sand beach that has long made Cape Cod a popular summer destination. But instead of fighting offshore wind, as the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy (D) did from his compound in nearby Hyannis Port decades ago, local officials have welcomed Vineyard Wind.
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