A major goal of the Herring River Restoration Project in Wellfleet is to improve water quality in Wellfleet Harbor, which would benefit the aquaculture operations there. To assess settlement rates of larval-stage oysters onto suitable surfaces prior to tidal restoration of the Herring River Estuary in Wellfleet, MA, three unique spat collection methods were deployed at five sites near or within the Herring River estuary. Devices were deployed from mid-June of 2025 to mid-September of 2025.
District Funded Report on Sediment Transport Dynamics and Related Water Quality Parameters for the Herring River Restoration Project in Wellfleet
After extensive research and more than 15 years of planning, the Herring River Restoration Project in Wellfleet broke ground in March 2023. The project will increase tidal influence in the Herring River with the goal of improving water quality in Wellfleet Harbor, which would benefit the aquaculture operations there.
The increased flow will cause changes in the Herring River system, possibly including sediment (clay, silt, and sand) transport/movement in and out of the Herring River and Wellfleet Harbor. With this understanding, the Cape Cod Conservation District contracted the Center for Coastal Studies (Department of Marine Geology) to undertake a baseline study on sediment transport dynamics and monitoring protocol (including the creation of a pre-construction seamless onshore/offshore map) before restoration at Chequessett Neck Road began.
Cape Cod Conservation District Selects Martha Craig to Direct Cape Wide Coastal Restoration Initiative
Natural Resources Conservation Service Approves Cape Cod Conservation District Application for $42.5 Million to Restore Coastal Wetlands and Fisheries Habitat on Cape Cod
The Cape Cod Conservation District (District) has received official word today from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the local Congressional delegation that its application for $42.5 million in funds - to restore shell-fishing areas, revitalize degraded salt marshes, and restore herring runs and fishways across Cape Cod - has been approved.
CAPE COD CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNOUNCES STATE APPROVAL FOR BAYVIEW BOGS WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT
The Cape Cod Conservation District announced today that the Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration has approved its application for assistance to develop a comprehensive restoration plan for the Bayview Cranberry Bogs in West Yarmouth and to designate the bog restoration initiative as a “Priority Project.
CAPE COD CONSERVATION DISTRICT UPDATES CAPE COD WATER RESOURCES RESTORATION PROJECT MASTER PLAN
Protecting Shellfish with Porous Pavement in Provincetown
Cape Cod Conservation District Partners on Phase 2 of Coonamessett River Restoration
On Monday, October 28 the Town of Falmouth and federal, state, regional, and local partners broke ground on the second phase of an effort to restore the Coonamessett River. The restoration project is 1 of 16 individual projects being funded in part by the Cape Cod Conservation District’s Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project.
District Mourns Passing of Lee Davis
Lee Calvin Davis died peacefully on Sunday, October 20th 2019, the Lord’s Day. He was predeceased by his wife Priscilla Knott Davis. Lee was born in Vanceboro Maine, the son of Mary Holbrook and Harry Davis. He is also predeceased by four sisters, Elisabeth, Kathryn, Ruth, and Harriet. He leaves behind children Elizabeth Davis Grade (Liz), Lee Calvin Davis Jr. (Chip), and his companion, Cindy Brackett. He is predeceased by his son-in-law, Richard Dean Grade (Dickie). He also leaves behind one grandson, Nathan Alexander Grade, and one great-grandson, Richard Dean Grade (Deano), one cousin, Raymond Pitcomb, many nieces and nephews, great friends, Don, Jerry, and Kelley, and special advocate and niece Margi.
Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project to Receive $10 Million in Federal Funding
WEST YARMOUTH, MA – The Cape Cod Conservation District’s (CCCD) application for federal funds to undertake priority coastal restoration projects on Cape Cod was approved today by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The $10 million in FY17 funds will be used for Phase II of the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project (CCWRP) which assists Cape communities with the planning, design and construction of numerous coastal restoration projects across Cape Cod.