WELLFLEET — The select board unanimously agreed on May 30 to support a mitigation plan required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will enable the town to receive […]
Environment
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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, May 30 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Five Isotopes Found in Pilgrim Water Samples
State agencies say there’s no surprises; one expert disagrees
PLYMOUTH — Five radioactive isotopes and 22 nonradioactive pollutants were found in untreated wastewater samples drawn from the spent fuel pool, torus, and dryer-separator at the closed Pilgrim nuclear power […]
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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, May 23 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ENVIRONMENT
Wellfleet Expands Single-Serving Plastic Bottle Ban
Saying no to plastic soft drink and seltzer bottles, ‘the quicker the better’
WELLFLEET — You will no longer find your favorite soft drinks or seltzer waters in single-serving plastic bottles on the shelves of Wellfleet’s markets and take-out windows. That’s because a plastic […]
BUSINESS
Truro Orders Martin to Cease Business on Route 6
Commercial use of the former Jack’s Gas site is prohibited, say Seashore officials
TRURO — Robert Martin has been selling firewood from a roadside lot at 100 Route 6 since he began renting it on Jan. 15. This spring, the business’s footprint seemed […]
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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, May 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
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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, May 9 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
The report from Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary for the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 2 was delayed, wrote Mark Faherty, “because I ended up out […]
THE BIRD WATCH
The Eagles Have Landed … Safely
Their resurgence here is the real environmental success story
I think just about everyone around here is familiar with the faceoff that took place earlier this spring between a pair of bald eagles and a very determined male osprey. […]
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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, April 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Ocean Sanctuaries Act Could Stop Pilgrim Release
Lawyers for APCC argue the law prohibits any new industrial waste in bay
PLYMOUTH — Holtec International can’t release one drop of its million gallons of wastewater from the former Pilgrim nuclear plant into Cape Cod Bay because doing so would violate the […]
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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, April 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
HERRING RIVER RESTORATION
Wellfleet Runs a Wild Oyster Reef Relay at the Dike
Some 20,000 oysters, moved out of harm’s way, are expected to serve as spawning stock
WELLFLEET — Shellfish Constable Nancy Civetta, Assistant Constable Johnny “Clam” Mankevetch, and five AmeriCorps volunteers got to the Chequessett Neck Bridge just before low tide on the morning of April […]
TIDAL FLOW
Truro Select Board Picks a Culvert for Mill Pond Road
Staff recommendation for a wide breach does not carry the day
TRURO — The select board voted on March 28 to replace the damaged culvert currently restricting tidal flow into Mill Pond with an 8-by-8-foot box culvert. Dept. of Public Works […]
