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Rob Thieler's passion for open-water swimming with the Chappy Swimmers inspired his decision to dive into the 28th annual Buzzards Bay Swim.

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The Baywatchers water quality monitoring program started its 2021 season in late May, marking its 30th season of operation and making it one of the nation’s longest running and largest water quality monitoring efforts involving citizen scientists.

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marsh grasses along the shore of Harbor Head
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Thanks to the Coalition’s recent appeal and settlement of the town’s wastewater treatment plant permit, Falmouth is now operating under the strictest permit ever issued to it.

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woman paddleboarding in Little Bay in Fairhaven
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The Coalition is launching a full schedule of free outdoor activities for the summer, resuming its Bay Adventure program, which aims to connect people to outdoor fun on Buzzards Bay and its watershed lands.

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The research vessel Helen K., a 31-foot SteigerCraft pilothouse boat, was recently christened as the new Baykeeper.

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Wareham voters reject a proposal that threatened a sensitive stream and the sea-run brook trout that call it home, as well as a rare Pine Barren forest, Buzzards Bay, and the community’s s drinking water supply.

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The Buzzards Bay Coalition is partnering with the Rochester Land Trust to forever protect a scenic 60-acre farm and adjacent woodlands to keep clean water flowing to the Bay, support habitat for plants and animals, and maintain Rochester's unique character.

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A group walks up a hill growing thick with ferns at Kettle Holes Conservation Area in Falmouth
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The best way to celebrate the spring season is to get outside and savor the re-awakening that is taking place. You’ll find the signs of spring in the woodlands, wetlands, salt marshes, and waters of Buzzards Bay. Here’s a quick list of places you are most likely to spy hopeful signs of the warmer weather that is on its way as well as some pointers on what to look for.

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The Coalition is offering a free packet of self-guided outdoor activities for children and families to explore during April school vacation week.

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Aerial view of the farm fields and forests bordering Dike Creek in Dartmouth
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The Coalition and our partner, the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT), finalized a conservation restriction on the privately-owned Apponagansett Bay Farm, the final piece in a rich patchwork of historic farmlands, woods, and wetlands that border Dike Creek in Dartmouth.

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Working to Save Buzzards Bay

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a membership-supported organization dedicated to improving the health of the Buzzards Bay ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research, and advocacy.

We work to protect clean water on the Bay and on the land: