Initiatives

Citizens of Mashpee care deeply about their town and the environment, and they are actively involved in many initiatives — including those focused on clean water, the environment, and open space.

 

Clean Water Initiatives

• Advocacy Groups
  • Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay
  • Friends of Waquoit Bay
  • Mashpee Clean Waters
  • Mashpee Ponds Coalition
  • Save Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Alliance
  • Save Popponesset Bay
• Cranberry Bog Reclamation
• Fertilizer Controls
• Native Plants and Their Critical Role
• Shellfish Mitigation
• Solar Bees
• Stormwater Management
• Wastewater Management
• Wetland Buffer Zones

 

Environmental Initiatives

• Advocacy Groups
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod
• Sustainability, including Plastic Reduction Efforts
  • CARE for the Cape and Islands
  • Coonamessett Farm Foundation
  • Mashpee’s Municipal Ban on Single-Use Plastic Containers
  • Sustainable Practices

 

Open Space Initiatives

• Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
• Native Land Conservancy
• Orenda Wildlife Land Trust