Visit the CCS tent on Main Street in Wellfleet at the Wellfleet OysterFest. Started back in 2001, OysterFest is a 2-day party that pulses with everything that makes life in […]

Join us for one of the Lower Cape’s most anticipated fall traditions! Chatham’s Oktoberfest is back and bigger than ever, offering fun for the whole family and entertainment for all […]

Falmouth Climate Action Network will host a viewing of the film “Shifting Tides” at the Falmouth Public Library in the Hermann Room at 7 PM on Monday, October 20. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Charles "Stormy" Mayo, Lyra Brennan and filmmaker Angela McNerney. Please RSVP to falmouthcan@gmail.com.

Hartman Deetz had the honor of revisiting one of his grandfather James Deetz's archaeological 1960s digs as a Tribal Historic Preservation monitor. In his grandfather's excavation, a 17th century inn was uncovered on this beautiful tidal island in Wellfleet harbor. Now, nearly 50 years later, with new advances of ground penetrating radar, numerous shell middens […]

Join local experts, advocates, and neighbors at the Save Our River Symposium on Friday, October 24 at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. We’ll unveil the Route 28 Bridge construction timeline, update our members on Upper Bass River wetlands restoration plans, and share updates on the North Dennis Road Bridge, Crowell Pond, and our Bay Scallop Program. Guest scientist Owen Nichols (Center for Coastal Studies) will spotlight green […]

Walk alongside Brad Lopes, an Aquinnah Wampanoag citizen and Program Manager of the Native American Teacher Retention Initiative (NATRI), and Callyan Lacio, a Cherokee Nation citizen and PhD student at the University of New Hampshire, to visit the High Head scenic area in North Truro on Cape Cod. Suggested donation to CCS is $25 member/$30 […]

Marsh Island, Fairhaven, November 1, 2, 4, 5 In a massive collaboration between the CCS Beach Brigade, Operation Clean Sweep, Buzzards Bay Coalition, Fairhaven-Acushnet Land Preservation Trust and the municipalities of New Bedford and Fairhaven, four days of intensive cleanup and data collection will take place on Marsh Island in the Acushnet River estuary on […]

The Vineyard Haven Public Library is pleased to welcome Jesse Mechling, Director of Marine Education at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, for a presentation on Spinnaker–an 11-year-old humpback whale, whose skeleton provides important lessons for marine conservation. This event will be held at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 4th at the Katharine Cornell […]

Join marine ecologist Dr. Agnes Mittermayr of the Center for Coastal Studies and Holly Plaisted of the National Park Service for a talk, "Watching Grass Grow: Seagrass Habitats around Outer Cape Cod," at the David Hills Gallery, 57 Rt. 6A, Orleans, on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 pm.

Work off that Thursday dinner on this annual two-hour beach debris and data collection! We select our targeted beach somewhere on the Outer Cape based on wind direction and tide. Last year we were at Coast Guard Beach in Truro, the year before at Beach Point in Provincetown. Regardless of location, these are the times […]