Events

CCS Executive Director Anne-Marie Runfola will give a talk, "The Center for Coastal Studies at 50: Preserving and Protecting our Ocean and Coasts," for the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod on Sunday, Jan. 11. Join Center for Coastal Studies Executive Director, Anne-Marie Runfola to celebrate 50 years of discovery, […]

CCS will have a table at WaterWORKS, Cape Cod Blue Economy Career Day, on Jan. 13, from 9 am to 4 pm.

Join CCS biologists Tommy Tucker and Lisa Sette at MacMillan Pier on Friday, January 16th to talk boats, birds and everything in between! Meet in front of the Harbormaster's office at the end of the pier at 9 am. Bring binoculars if you have them and dress warm for the weather. The length of the […]

Marine ecologist Dr. Agnes Mittermayr will give a talk at Osterville Village Library on Jan 17 at 1 pm. The title of the talk is "What's that? A Marine Biology Talk on Beach Treasures." Click here for details.  

Join the CCS Beach Brigade for our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day, this year slated for Monday, January 19, 2026 at Race Point. This is typically a windy and chilly event, but we keep the cleanup short (2 hours) and warm up afterward with soup and cookies before doing the trash tally. CLEANUP […]

Please join us for the first of this season's Napi's Winter Lecture Series, held at the Center for Coastal Studies' Hiebert Marine Laboratory, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown. The speaker will be CCS marine ecologist Dr. Agnes Mittermayr, who will speak about the "Global Importance of Seagrass Conservation." Dr. Mittermayr is director of SeagrassNet, an organization […]

The CCS Marine Debris & Plastics Program will host "Beach Trash to Art Treasure," a series of immersive workshops led by different artists working with the medium of plastic beach trash. Participants may create a different piece each week or work on one piece over the course of the seven weeks. All debris materials will […]

The CCS Marine Debris & Plastics Program will host “Beach Trash to Art Treasure,” a series of immersive workshops led by different artists working with the medium of plastic beach trash. Participants may create a different piece each week or work on one piece over the course of the seven weeks. All debris materials will […]

The CCS Marine Debris & Plastics Program will host “Beach Trash to Art Treasure,” a series of immersive workshops led by different artists working with the medium of plastic beach trash. Participants may create a different piece each week or work on one piece over the course of the seven weeks. All debris materials will […]

Join Lisa Sette, Manager of the CCS Seal Research Program, for a talk "The Top 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Grey Seals," hosted by the Chatham Conservation Foundation at the Chatham Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 11 am. This is a free event.  Click here to reserve a seat.