WELLFLEET — Water resources consultant Scott Horsley presented the latest Targeted Watershed Management Plan to the board of health on Nov. 9 with minimal sewerage and myriad advanced ecofriendly technologies. […]
Environment
RADIOACTIVITY
Holtec Says Regulated Contaminants Will Be Treated Away
The EPA does not regulate radionuclides
PLYMOUTH — The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has indicated it is closer to releasing radioactive wastewater from the plant’s spent fuel pool, reactor cavity, and other systems […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Winter Forest Has Its Sounds
Listening to the wind, waves, and the calls and silences of the great horned owl
The cold season has its own aesthetics. Bare. Subtle tones. Grays, browns, tans, blacks, the dormant green of pines. Blue air at dawn and dusk. The sky and ocean wearing […]
WINTER READY
Flying Squirrels Make Themselves at Home
One-way traps won’t do the trick, unless you block critters’ points of entry
WELLFLEET — In the five months since Carl Sussman and Laura Lubetsky first heard the scratching sounds of what turned out to be a populous colony of flying squirrels in […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s early deadline on Monday, Nov. 21 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s […]
WATER QUALITY
Officials Search for Source of PFAS Contamination
Levels 7 times limit prompt state action; no definitive answers
WELLFLEET — Drinking water in the well serving a private home on Chequessett Neck Road contained nearly seven times the state’s limit for PFAS when it was tested in the […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GO WITH THE FLOW
$75-Million Sewer Project Sails Through Town Meeting
Provincetown will have wastewater treatment town-wide by 2030
PROVINCETOWN — Voters at the Nov. 9 special town meeting endorsed a $75-million sewer expansion plan. The five articles that authorized the project all passed overwhelmingly, with about 300 “yes” […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Law Limiting Pilgrim Water Release Awaits Baker’s Signature
Sen. Moran’s amendment is attached to economic development bill
PLYMOUTH — A Holtec official said at a July public hearing that, if a state law prohibited it, his company would not release a million gallons of treated radioactive water […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROBABILITIES
New Study Concludes Pilgrim Plumes Would Hit Outer Cape
Wastewater would circle the bay and flow from Race Point to the back shore
PROVINCETOWN — A Woods Hole oceanographer has completed an extensive study of probable pathways the contaminated water will take if one million gallons from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s spent […]
OLD EXIT 12: REDESIGNS
Brewster Slows Down Wing Island Boardwalk Plans
Select board agrees to request further study and revisions
BREWSTER — Stiff public opposition has prompted town officials to hit the brakes on a plan to connect an island purchased by the town in 1961 to the mainland via […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
UNDERSTORY
Under the Power Lines, an Edible Forest Grows
Initiative expands an area protected from herbicide spraying
HARWICH — The Food Forest Initiative of Cape Cod has found a way to protect a section of Eversource’s right of way off Bay Road from herbicide application, planting it […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
