Category: Water Resources
The Cape Cod Commission launched the Freshwater Initiative in 2022, responding to growing concerns about the health of the region's 890 ponds and lakes. Cape Cod's freshwater resources are dynamic natural systems that contribute to the region's identity. A strategy to support protection and restoration of Cape Cod’s ponds is nearly complete. It includes data, research, and re
The Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative is a science-based, information-driven planning process that engages stakeholders and enables action to protect and restore Cape Cod’s freshwater resources. It began in 2021 with an update to the Cape Cod Ponds Atlas. Since then, the team has been working to collect the data needed to make informed management decisions in our ponds and to better understand how they are changing from season to season and year to year.
The Cape Cod Commission and Association to Preserve Cape Cod convened the first meeting of the Cape Cod Ponds Network, held virtually on June 8, 2022.
Online viewer offers up-to-date and accessible data Although the Cape Cod Aquifer is considered a sole-source aquifer, it is made up of six distinct groundwater lenses.
New online tool provides an in-depth look at Cape Cod's ponds and lakes In 2021, Cape Cod Commission staff completed an update to the Cape Cod Pond and Lake Atlas and…
The Cape Cod Commission is embarking on a Freshwater Initiative that defines a path forward for improving pond water quality across the region.
In 2001, a coalition of groups interested in protecting ponds received a $30,000 grant from the Massachusetts Watershed Initiative to develop a Cape Cod pond stewardship strategy, known as the…
Cape Cod may be known for its proximity to the ocean, but it is also home to nearly one thousand freshwater ponds and lakes that provide a variety of distinct and important habitats for…
The Town of Truro requested technical assistance from the Cape Cod Commission to conduct an analysis and a localized study of stormwater issues within the Pond Village and Pilgrim Pond watershed.…
