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Aerial view of the sewage lagoons at the Marion wastewater treatment plant and nearby Sippican Harbor.
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Because they aren’t lined at the bottom, these lagoons leak as much as 50,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater every day. The town must fix these leaking sewage lagoons and comply with state law.

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People on the shore of Wickets Island in Onset Bay.
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Wickets Island, part of the developing Onset Bay Center, will be a place where people of all ages can swim, fish, paddle, dig for quahogs, walk, and picnic with their friends and family.

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people walking through the woods at Myles Standish State Forest
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When you stop to appreciate the view, remember that all of these ponds are somehow linked to Buzzards Bay: whether through streams, via groundwater, or simply as part of the web of life in our region.

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aerial view of Ocean View Farm and Buzzards Bay
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When people hear about cuts to federal and state conservation funding, this is what we risk losing: clean water, natural landscapes, wildlife habitats, healthy outdoor recreation, and the quality of life in our communities.

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sailboats moored in Sippican Harbor
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The Coalition has donated its pumpout equipment from the R/V Baykeeper® to the town of Marion to create a mobile pumpout service for boat owners around Sippican Harbor.

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Two women walking on the Falmouth Moraine Trail at Long Pond.
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Here’s how you can hike the Falmouth Moraine Trail’s three sections — or the entire 9-mile trail if you’re up for an adventure!

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a woman walking through the woods at Four Ponds Conservation Area in Bourne
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Forests are one of the key secrets behind the Bay’s relatively good health. To protect clean water for future generations, we need to protect these forests.

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a woman hiking past a large boulder at Beebe Woods in Falmouth
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Because it’s fun to have a little bit of a scare around Halloween, visit one of these 6 spots around Southeastern Massachusetts for a great walk and a spooky story.

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dam on Weweantic River at Horseshoe Mill in Wareham
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Two years from now, the Weweantic River’s rich populations of migratory fish will once again be able to swim freely to their freshwater spawning areas when the crumbling remnants of a dam are removed from the Coalition’s Horseshoe Mill property in Wareham.

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Three people biking on the New Bedford CoveWalk during the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride.
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Skies were clear, sunny, and blue as a record 226 cyclists raised over $143,000 for clean water at the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on Sunday, October 1.

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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: