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BARNSTABLE COUNTY
AMERICORPS CAPE COD
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PROTECTING THE CAPE’S DELICATE ENVIRONMENT
Cape Cod's environment is its lifeblood. The Yearly, ACC's environmental stewardship
region's history, economic opportunity and consists of more than 350 water and land-focused
cultural heritage are connected to the quality of natural resource management projects
its beaches, dunes, estuaries, marshes, trails and throughout Barnstable County. These projects
conservation lands. A clean and balanced include interventions to improve 400 acres of
environment contributes to improved water parks in public and tribal lands, improve or create
quality and reduced wildfire risk, strengthens 50 miles of trails or waterways, restore herring
and sustains the economy, and invites regional runs and salt marshes, remove invasive species,
research-based initiatives. Conservation of Cape and propagate millions of shellfish. In addition to
Cod's land and water natural resources and providing need-based community services, these
preparation for environmental disasters are interventions also result in improved water
critical to the health and well-being of residents quality, reduced wildfire risk, and accessibility to
and the long-term prosperity of the region. By public conservation lands.
building on the capacity and efforts of
collaborators and responding to the needs of the ~ Christin Marshall, ACC Program Coordinator
environment and the community, AmeriCorps
Cape Cod (ACC) is committed to the
conservation and protection of the region's
residents, visitors and natural resources.
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AMERICORPS CAPE COD
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PROTECTING THE CAPE’S DELICATE ENVIRONMENT
Cape Cod's environment is its lifeblood. The Yearly, ACC's environmental stewardship
region's history, economic opportunity and consists of more than 350 water and land-focused
cultural heritage are connected to the quality of natural resource management projects
its beaches, dunes, estuaries, marshes, trails and throughout Barnstable County. These projects
conservation lands. A clean and balanced include interventions to improve 400 acres of
environment contributes to improved water parks in public and tribal lands, improve or create
quality and reduced wildfire risk, strengthens 50 miles of trails or waterways, restore herring
and sustains the economy, and invites regional runs and salt marshes, remove invasive species,
research-based initiatives. Conservation of Cape and propagate millions of shellfish. In addition to
Cod's land and water natural resources and providing need-based community services, these
preparation for environmental disasters are interventions also result in improved water
critical to the health and well-being of residents quality, reduced wildfire risk, and accessibility to
and the long-term prosperity of the region. By public conservation lands.
building on the capacity and efforts of
collaborators and responding to the needs of the ~ Christin Marshall, ACC Program Coordinator
environment and the community, AmeriCorps
Cape Cod (ACC) is committed to the
conservation and protection of the region's
residents, visitors and natural resources.
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