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Spare the Spray
I spent some time the other day watching a pair of birds taking turns feeding their chicks. Back and forth they went bringing soft caterpillars to drop in hungry mouths making more than 150 feeding trips a day for a few weeks before their hungry chicks fledge from the...
May 13, 2026
Cape Cod’s coastal systems are always telling us something. A stream running lower than expected. River herring arriving later than in years past. Fish holding below a barrier instead of moving upstream. A shell worn smooth by time, tide, and sand. A familiar pattern shifting just enough to make me stop and look again.
What the Numbers Mean
Local elections are a good opportunity to assess what is important to the 10-12 percent of people who show up to vote in most local elections. The majority of registered voters defer decision making to the voting few. For better or worse, the voting minority speaks...
May 6, 2026
Across Cape Cod, this year’s river herring migration is showing encouraging momentum. The run started earlier and stronger than last year, and observations from multiple monitored runs suggest that 2026 is continuing to outpace 2025 at this point in the season.
Land Wins Big
Spring 2026 town meetings have demonstrated the validity of the premise behind APCC’s The Cape We Shape campaign: When given the chance to act, voters will support the preservation of critical natural resources. Thanks to work in the trenches by local activists and...
April 29, 2026
Freshwater ponds are an important part of the quality of life on Cape Cod. APCC has developed several programs designed to measure water quality and provide information to the public.
Nothing Fixes Itself
Democracy is neither self-actuating nor is it self-sustaining. Governance requires ongoing interest, awareness of the issues of the day, and a willingness to make the effort to show up and participate. While events at the national level can often seem beyond the reach...
April 22, 2026
As temperatures get warm on Cape, many of our migratory bird species are taking a road trip to spend their summers here. One such species is the showy ruby-throated hummingbird.
April 15, 2026
It’s still feeling pretty chilly and windy here on Cape Cod, but if you head out to the ponds, you’ll notice the critters are starting to wake up from their winter rest (if they rested at all).
A First Step
Falmouth Town Meeting approved two transfers of town-owned land in the watershed of its drinking water reservoir to the care and custody of conservation commission. The two articles were the first supported by APCC under The Cape We Shape campaign and serve as an...