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 […]
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 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 […]
HERRING RIVER RESTORATION
Meet the Man Who Is Mulching Duck Harbor
The machine is loud but the work is regenerative, says Faun Koplovsky
WELLFLEET — Deep into the dense brush of Duck Harbor, a low rumbling sound reverberates off the pitch pines and oak trees. An enormous yellow machine munches through the understory, […]
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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 11 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Promised Study of Water Release Risks Is Stalled
Holtec says it can’t pay; Sen. Markey says otherwise
PLYMOUTH — An independent study of potential risks related to Holtec’s plan to release one million gallons of radioactive wastewater from the former Pilgrim nuclear facility into Cape Cod Bay […]
PLEAS
Fisherman Launches Petition Against Release of Pilgrim Water
Over 214,000 people ask Holtec to hold back
PLYMOUTH — Bourne resident Ryan Collins, whose father and grandfather were fishermen, continues the family tradition. He has now become an advocate as well. Collins has collected more than 214,000 […]
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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 4 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, March 28 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
