Stop Fertilizer Run-Off While waiting for Barnstable and Mashpee to commit to restoring Shoestring Bay residents can help Save Our Shoestring by managing our use of fertilizers. When fertilizer gets into stormwater, algae grows and uses up oxygen in the water, hurting or even killing fish and other aquatic species. A FEW TIPS Don’t fertilize …
Good News/Bad News
Chatham, Harwich Sewer Work Begins Again Chatham's project has been ongoing for several years now and is slated to continue for at least 20 years. [emphasis mine] Cape Cod Times, 9/11/19 The good news? Two towns on the Cape are getting sewers. "Both projects are aimed at reducing nitrogen loading in estuaries and waterways and …
What We Can Do #2
Support Local Shellfish Aquaculture Project Proposals Oysters and quahogs naturally remove nitrogen from the water. Please be supportive when proposals for aquaculture are put forward through the public comment process. Having a thriving shellfish population in Shoestring Bay is imperative to establishing a healthy estuarial habitat and returning water quality to its original pristine condition. …
What We Can Do #1
The best way to Save Our Shoestring? Contact your local and state representatives and tell them that “cleaning up the nitrogen overload and high bacterial counts in Shoestring and Popponesset Bays are a priority, and I support the cleanup effort." Town of Mashpee Selectmen - (508) 539-1401Andrew Gottlieb- ChairmanJohn J Cotton - Vice ChairThomas F. …
Our Bay is in Big Trouble
"This Bay may be the most polluted in Southeastern Massachusetts"Shoestring Bay used to be a healthy estuary, with clear water teeming with fish, crabs, mollusks, and other marine life. And now? Every year we see more of those awful algae blooms and the smell…well, who wants to be around that?Today, our Bay’s water quality meets …
Save Our Shoestring 