Falmouth Water Stewards

Saving Our Ponds: A Community Response The beautiful ponds and waterways of Cape Cod and the Islands are beloved by residents and visitors but are increasingly threatened by toxic algae blooms. T...

🗓️Save the date for the amazing Woods Hole Science Stroll – just one month away on August 10!

This fun, free, family-friendly event takes place on Water Street, Woods Hole from 10am to 3pm, rain or shine.

🔬🚢🤖With over a dozen science institutions and non-profits represented, the whole family will enjoy exploring the research, technology, boats, and maritime history that make this small village world-renowned!

Plan your day at woodsholesciencestroll.org!

Participating organizations include:

Buzzards Bay Coalition NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic Marine Biological Laboratory Sea Education Association Woodwell Climate Research Center Falmouth Water Stewards Woods Hole Film Festival Woods Hole Historical Museum Woods Hole Foundation U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) U.S. Coast Guard Northeast Zephyr Education Foundation Resilient Woods Hole

MyCoast is a crucial tool for state and local environmental managers that relies on photos from the public. Learn how to upload your King Tide or storm images and see how they're used in management decisions Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) National Sea Grant College Program Cape Cod Cooperative Extension

Zoom registration: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtceiorzwuEtaSbHMSj8Pr2zb1SLRx7Fkr

Webinar with APCC’S associate director for education,
Wednesday, May 1, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Cape-friendly Landscapes ~ an ecological approach

Learn about some steps you can take to make your Cape Cod landscape more supportive of nature in its design and maintenance.

https://www.falmouthpondcoalition.org/

The Town of Falmouth is creating a Freshwater Ponds Advisory Committee and is looking for applicants. The Committee will advise the Select Board and Town Manager on the protection and preservation of Falmouth’s freshwater ponds and to recommend goals.

The Committee shall consist of five (5) members and two (2) alternates. The term of office is three years. The Select Board shall seek individuals who possess the following knowledge and skills in recruiting and appointing members to this Committee:
• At least two members with strong understanding of freshwater pond science, including water chemistry and hydrology, and pond management, including knowledge of remediation measures.
• At least one member who is knowledgeable about pond protection issues and relevant health issues associated with freshwater ponds, including familiarity with local, state, regional and federal regulations concerning freshwater ponds.
• At least one member with experience in environmentally-friendly landscaping, including using native plants and installing hardy plant barriers along the shoreline to help limit the amount of nutrients entering ponds.
• At least one member who is knowledgeable about stormwater management.
• At least one member with experience and knowledge of Falmouth Town government structure and politics.

Deadline for applications is Friday, March 29, 2024
More information

Committees, Commissions and Boards | Falmouth, MA Volunteer for a Committee

Here is the updated map that includes the water bottle refill stations inside the Main Falmouth Public Library and Town Hall.

Falmouth Water Stations - Google My Maps Water stations in Falmouth can be found at recreational areas and beaches

Our wonderful board member, Susan Baur, continues to make waves!

Old Ladies Making Waves - Editorial When the American Red Cross honors this year’s slate of Heroes in Boston next month—paying tribute to community members for their “extraordinary acts of courage, kindness and volunteerism,” East Falmouth

The FWS is very concerned about the impact of the Saxon Partners Development on the surrounding lands, the Coonamessett River, but especially the additional nitrogen load to the already impacted Great Pond estuary.

Chapter 40B Cannot Trump Habitat Protection Before I was 10, I had probably kept—for periods of days to a few months—about half a dozen eastern box turtles. All of them either I found, or my neighbors

Thirsty? Check out our new interactive map of the water bottle refill stations in Falmouth! Click on the link to take you to the site.

Falmouth Water Stations - Google My Maps Water stations in Falmouth can be found at recreational areas and beaches

The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage are getting more and more famous! Here they are on the Weather Channel!

OLAUG 10-24-2023.mp4

In case you missed our Falmouth Pond Summit last week, here is the video!

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A new APCC publication, "Guidelines to Cape-friendly Landscapes," is available for purchase here: https://apcc.org/.../guidelines-for-cape-friendly.../ or read online at https://tinyurl.com/2p86w5cf

This new 40-page booklet, beautifully illustrated by Marcy Ford, provides steps you can take to make your Cape Cod landscape more supportive of nature in its design and maintenance, as well as some practical advice on purchasing native plants and hiring a landscape contractor, and an extensive list of resources to learn more.

Understanding Pond Health In Falmouth; Summit On Sept. 6 Last year on July 9 and December 3, volunteers helped me and members of Falmouth Water Stewards collect water samples from 28 Falmouth ponds and eight streams. With instruments loaned

OLAUG keeps getting more and more press! Founder, Susan Baur, is on the FWS Board.

‘Old ladies’ welcome: How senior swimmers clean up Cape Cod’s ponds The goal, says the founder of Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, is to show that older women, working as a team, can do a lot more than people might think.

The Falmouth Enterprise has a great podcast series about the excess nitrogen problem facing Cape Cod - The Great Flush. In this episode, host and producer Gilda Geist interviews three Woods Hole scientists to get to the bottom of the nitrogen problem caused by our wastewater on Cape.

The Upper Cape Catch | The Great Flush: Scientists Weigh In Welcome back to our wastewater series, The Great Flush. In this episode, host and producer Gilda Geist interviews three Woods Hole scientists to get to the bottom of the nitrogen

Nice article about one of the FWS Board Members, Jennie Rheuban!

Wastewater, Marine Chemistry, And Coastal Health Marine chemist Jennie E. Rheuban says informed and swift action is needed to solve Falmouth’s wastewater woes. Ms. Rheuban, a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, sat down on

Come join us at the Woods Hole Science Stroll! We will have a table at the Waterfront Park, near the Water Bottle refill station we installed in partnership with the Woods Hole science institutions. It's a great day of science fun!

Woods Hole Science Stroll Join us for a celebration of world-class ocean science! This family-friendly annual event features hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about Woods Hole’s six major science institutions, the U.S. Coast Guard, and numerous environment & education-focused non-profits.

Save the date for August 12 - the is just a month away! For the first time in years, this fun, free, family-friendly event will take place on Water Street, Woods Hole. With 16 local science institutions and non-profits represented, this is a great chance to explore the research, technology, boats, and maritime history that make this small village world-renowned.

Plan your day at woodsholesciencestroll.org!

Buzzards Bay Coalition NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic Marine Biological Laboratory Sea Education Association Woodwell Climate Research Center Falmouth Water Stewards Woods Hole Film Festival Woods Hole Historical Museum Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Woods Hole Foundation U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) U.S. Coast Guard Northeast Zephyr Education Foundation Resilient Woods Hole

Hooray! Our 11 water bottle refill stations are turned on for the season!

Falmouth’s Refill Reuse Water Stations Are On The Water Refill Reuse stations have been turned on for the season, the Falmouth Water Stewards said. There are 11 outside stations throughout Falmouth and one indoor station at the

Falmouth’s Refill Reuse Water Stations Are On The Water Refill Reuse stations have been turned on for the season, the Falmouth Water Stewards said. There are 11 outside stations throughout Falmouth and one indoor station at the

Here is the newest water bottle refill station at Highfield Hall! We've now installed 11 stations across Falmouth!

5 for Good: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage clean Cape ponds Dr. Susan Baur is a retired psychologist, a writer and avid pond swimmer.

Please help out our affiliate Skip the Straw (started by Falmouth 4th graders many years ago!) and us by filling out this quick survey. It's an opportunity to share your thoughts AND gives you the chance to WIN A PRIZE, like a $50 gift certificate to a local business or a special FWS water bottle. THANK YOU! If you have a google account, you can take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/.../1dSIKuV71ri_N-dpbOv_lvk.../edit. If not, you can take the survey here: https://form.jotform.com/222724348151048

Please help out us and our affiliate Skip the Straw (started by Falmouth 4th graders many years ago!) and fill out this quick survey. It's an opportunity to share your thoughts AND gives you the chance to WIN A PRIZE, like a $50 gift certificate to a local business or a special FWS water bottle. THANK YOU! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dSIKuV71ri_N-dpbOv_lvk-G7Dq7Mm5oZORGbMhEnn0/edit

Consider replacing your lawn with native plants. Here is a video showing you the rewards to encouraging wildlife in your yard.

The birds and the bees: How converting our lawn to native plants brought life to our yard. More and more people are realizing that our "perfect green lawns" are actually sterile wastelands that not only require constant inputs of water, pesticide a...

Cape Cod is now considered to be at a Level 2 Drought.

We are all in this together! This includes you folks with irrigation wells.

During a drought, wells can drop to low levels because there is less water to draw from the ground. Your irrigation well will be affected if the drought continues. Water is not an endless source.

Any water conservation efforts you make can have a great benefit on your own water supply, and the community's water supply. If you follow town restrictions and conserve water appropriately, you will help your community to have enough water for fire protection (the likelihood of fires increases as conditions get dry), public health and safety, and the environment.

To help, you can:
-Be mindful of the amount of water you use.
-Follow the same water restrictions that your city or town is following.
-Remember, even if you have your own well, it is drawing on the same water source - our groundwater, which on Cape Cod is only replenished by rain and snow melt.

Water conservation measures are critical. Reducing your water use can save water for the future!

We are proud to support Falmouth Water Stewards and have this awesome water bottle filling station right next door to the shop. Forgot your bottle? We've got you covered with our very affordale and stylish water bottles.