The Coalition has permanently protected 140 acres of forests, fields, and salt marshes in Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, completing the first half of the Nasketucket Bay Land Conservation Project.
On a cool, sunny morning in early May, Director of Monitoring Programs Tony Williams pulled up to a section of the Acushnet River flowing through a farm in rural Acushnet.
At its 26th Annual Meeting in Falmouth on May 15, the Coalition recognized individuals and groups from across the Buzzards Bay watershed for their contributions to protecting and restoring the Bay during the last year.
The Weweantic River is home to the United States' southernmost population of rainbow smelt: a small, silvery fish that lives its entire life in Buzzards Bay. But smelt appear to be dwindling in the Weweantic.
The Coalition is supporting the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission in its work to require the marina to remove these outdated, deteriorating floats and clean up the mess the foam has made.
Although the Chesapeake Bay’s scale is bigger, its solutions, struggles, and recent victories offer many lessons for Buzzards Bay and other coastal waterways working to combat nitrogen pollution
The Coalition recently worked with the Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club, the town of Middleborough, and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to protect more than 350 acres of woods, wetlands, ponds, and cranberry bogs.
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: