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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 20h

The November 2025 edition of CZ-Mail, CZM's monthly email newsletter, is now available. www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 1d

The 2025 COASTSWEEP beach cleanup season continues through November, and everyone is welcome to join in! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to Scott Boutilier and his team from Tighe & Bond for their COASTSWEEP cleanup at the Bourne Recreation Area along the Cape Cod Canal on October 1! There’s still time to volunteer for COASTSWEEP 2025. Learn more: https://mass.gov/info-details/sign-up-to-volunteer-for-coastsweep @tighebond.com

Seven volunteers happily posing with bags, buckets, and trash pickers with the Bourne Bridge in the background.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you to Congregation Ahavas Achim for holding a COASTSWEEP cleanup on Plum Island in Newburyport on September 28! Everyone is welcome, so find details on volunteering for a cleanup or organizing your own at: https://www.mass.gov/coastsweep

Four volunteers wearing gloves and holding a data card and other cleanup supplies standing on a sandy beach with the ocean in the background.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 6d

To celebrate #MA250, come join the 2025 COASTSWEEP Revolution to help remove marine debris from land and sea! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/sign-up-to-volunteer-for-coastsweep

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 7d

COASTSWEEP cleanup congratulations continue! Thanks to Jackie Balch and friends for a Castle Island cleanup on September 27. To join a cleanup or organize your own, see: https://mass.gov/info-details/sign-up-to-volunteer-for-coastsweep

Three volunteers happily posing for a selfie with Boston Harbor in the background.

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 8d

Come on out for COASTSWEEP 2025, the statewide beach cleanup sponsored by CZM as part of the #InternationalCoastalCleanup organized by Ocean Conservancy (@oceanconservancy.org). Join a listed cleanup or organize one yourself—we provide the supplies. For more, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 8d

The project, funded by a $4.7M federal grant, will result in 57 acres of restored former cranberry bog and improved tidal flow through replacement of an undersized culvert. Thanks to all the partners for your hard work to advance this critical effort!

A small culvert under a road with heavy plant growth along the road and sides of the bank.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 8d

On Friday, @massczm.bsky.social attended presentations on the Upper Bass River Restoration Project at the Save Our River Symposium hosted by the Friends of Bass River. For more on this project, see: www.mass.gov/news/massach...

A presenter at the front of the room with an audience facing a screen showing a map of the Upper Bass River Restoration Project.

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 13d

The 2025 COASTSWEEP beach cleanup season continues through November, and everyone is welcome to join in! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 15d

To celebrate #MA250, come join the 2025 COASTSWEEP Revolution to help remove marine debris from land and sea! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 20d

Come on out for COASTSWEEP 2025, the statewide beach cleanup sponsored by CZM as part of the #InternationalCoastalCleanup organized by Ocean Conservancy (@oceanconservancy.org). Join a listed cleanup or organize one yourself—we provide the supplies. For more, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 22d

To receive early feedback on grant ideas for the next round of CZM’s Coastal Resilience and Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Grants—which will begin in EARLY 2026—please submit an ECO One Stop Expression of Interest (EOI) by October 28. See: www.mass.gov/environment-...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 27d

To celebrate #MA250, come join the 2025 COASTSWEEP Revolution to help remove marine debris from land and sea! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 28d

GRANTS AWARDED! Congratulations to the communities and nonprofits who received $1.1 million in Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Grants for 9 projects to support stormwater pollution prevention and habitat restoration planning. See the press release: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 29d

Come on out for COASTSWEEP 2025, the statewide beach cleanup sponsored by CZM as part of the #InternationalCoastalCleanup organized by Ocean Conservancy. Join a listed cleanup or organize one yourself—we provide the supplies. For more, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · 29d

GRANTS AWARDED! Congratulations to the communities and nonprofit and Tribal partners who received $3.8 million in @massczm.bsky.social Coastal Resilience Grants for 12 projects to protect coastal communities from flooding and erosion. For details, see: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...

Collage of previous Coastal Resilience Grant projects.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Oct 6

Cleanup fun for all! Thanks to Elizabeth Sabounjian and folks from the Armenian Memorial Church in Watertown for coordinating a COASTSWEEP cleanup at the Charles River Reservation on September 28. To join the COASTSWEEP 2025 fun, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

A group of 15 volunteers with full trash bags after a cleanup at the Charles River Reservation in Watertown.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Oct 3

More trash removed! Thanks to Erika Richard from WhiteMoon Holistic Healing for organizing a COASTSWEEP cleanup at Salisbury Beach on September 27, with 33 volunteers covering 2 miles of beach. To volunteer for COASTSWEEP, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Full trash bags with two pipes and a sheet of styrofoam collected at the Salisbury Beach cleanup.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Oct 2

The 2025 COASTSWEEP beach cleanup season has begun, and everyone is welcome to join in! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Oct 1

The October 2025 edition of CZ-Mail, CZM's monthly email newsletter, is now available. www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Oct 1

Taking a hike to a COASTSWEEP cleanup at Sandy Neck Beach Park on September 14. Thanks to the Town of Barnstable for organizing and all the volunteers who pitched in, including Troop 314 Boy Scouts from Milford! Find more on COASTSWEEP: www.mass.gov/coastsweep

A group of Boy Scouts with backpacks hiking along a sandy path.

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Sep 30

To celebrate #MA250, come join the 2025 COASTSWEEP Revolution to help remove marine debris from land and sea! For details on how to volunteer at a local cleanup or organize one of your own, see: www.mass.gov/info-details...

Mass CZM @massczm.bsky.social · Sep 29

COASTSWEEP success continues, including this cleanup at Nantasket Beach in Hull on September 20 coordinated by Kelly Abatzis! You can still volunteer for a cleanup or organize one of your own. Learn more at: www.mass.gov/coastsweep

A few volunteers during a Nantasket Beach cleanup. A man in the foreground is carrying a partially full trash bag while walking down ramp to the beach, which has lots of waves.

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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection @massdep.bsky.social · Sep 25

The FY26 Natural Resource Nitrogen Sensitive Area Grant program application period is now open! This grant helps address solutions to cultural eutrophication caused by nitrogen pollution from wastewater and other sources on the Cape. Due by 5pm on 10/14
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stock photo of Lewis Bay, Hyannis Massachusetts

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