Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project

APCC, working closely with the Cape Cod Conservation District, led a coalition of regional and national organizations that successfully advocated for Congressional authorization and subsequent funding of the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project (CCWRRP) in 2009. The CCWRRP is a region-wide project funded through the Small Watershed Program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that was created to improve water quality and habitat in some of the Cape’s most important resource areas.

Today, the CCWRRP, under the direction of NRCS and the Cape Cod Conservation District and in partnership with Cape towns, continues to receive federal funding in support of ongoing restoration projects Cape-wide that:

• Improve tidal flushing and habitat in salt marshes where man-made obstructions such as dikes and road culverts have restricted normal tidal flow;
• Restore fish ladders and passages to allow greater access to spawning habitat for migratory fish such as river herring; and
• Improve shellfish habitat and marine water quality through stormwater remediation projects.

APCC continues our strong support of the CCWRRP through our advocacy directed at Congress for Small Watershed Program funding, as well as through our assistance to the Cape Cod Conservation District on the identification and coordination of projects and in monitoring the success of restoration projects after completion.

CCWRRP StoryMap

This interactive presentation was created by APCC for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Cape Cod Conservation District to summarize the history, goals, and accomplishments of the CCWRRP. Using maps, photos, videos, and text, this StoryMap showcases the extent of the projects on Cape Cod and the type of restoration work that the project has helped to fund.

Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project Map

The following is a detailed map of all completed, current, and proposed CCWRRP projects. This map was developed in 2023 by APCC under contract to the Cape Cod Conservation District in tandem with the CCWRRP StoryMap.