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New Bedford mayor wins national award for green energy and climate protection efforts

New Bedford’s solar and wind energy initiatives have established the city as national leader in green energy and climate protection.

Coalition and Westport Land Conservation Trust partner to protect 50 acres along Angeline Brook

This conservation partnership has led to the protection of 50 acres on Angeline Brook, forever preserving some of Westport's unique and threatened habitat for rare native sea-run brook trout.

14 places around Buzzards Bay that we love

There’s a lot to explore — and love — around Buzzards Bay. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we asked land trusts from Westport to Falmouth to share their favorite places.

Volunteers help the Coalition keep a watchful eye at The Sawmill

The opening of The Sawmill has also opened up a new volunteer opportunity with the Coalition: “adopting” one of our public reserves in Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, and Wareham.

Coalition working to protect Angeline Brook’s native sea-run brook trout

The Coalition and the Westport Land Conservation Trust are a step closer to protecting Angeline Brook, home to one of the most important remaining native sea-run brook trout populations in southern New England.

Restoration project on Weweantic aims to restore river’s rich fish populations

The Coalition is beginning a process to restore the river at Horseshoe Mill, a former industrial site in Wareham where a dam blocks fish from swimming upstream to spawn on the Weweantic River.

The Sawmill opens after multi-year restoration on the Acushnet River

The Buzzards Bay Coalition today celebrated the opening of The Sawmill, a former industrial lumber yard on the Acushnet River that has been transformed into a public park and restored natural area.

With Sawmill Park, Buzzards Bay Coalition recreates land and water

In your mind’s eye, you can almost imagine what the old Acushnet Saw Mill site must have been like in the mid 19th century. Some 150 years later, however, it’s some kind of miracle what the Buzzards Bay Coalition has accomplished at the old mill.

120 bike for clean water during ninth annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on October 4

The Ride was hugely successful, raising more than $90,000 to support the Coalition’s work.

In Onset Bay, Coalition working to protect Wickets Island

The centerpiece of Onset Bay is a wooded, 4.6-acre island called Wickets Island. The Coalition is working to protect Wickets Island for people to explore and enjoy.