Last September 3, more than 80 frustrated Pocasset residents jammed into a meeting before the selectmen at the Veterans Community Center in Buzzards Bay to demand action to address the increasing pollution in Hen Cove. Frank Gasson urged the Town to support a plan to remove the sand and mud dredged up from Hen Cove in 1960 and deposited on the wetlands between Hen Cove and Barlow’s Landing, stopping the flow of all seawater between the two bays. Frank said…
This 1917 Mass Department of Commerce map shows the natural flow of water between Barlow’s Landing Harbor and Hen Cove. These marshes and waterways enabled plant and marine life in Barlow’s Landing, Wing’s Neck inlet and Hen Cove to thrive for millennia. Before the 1880s, water flowed freely between the two bays. In the mid-1880s, the Town constructed a dirt road and a wooden bridge to span the channels. This structure was replaced with a concrete bridge in the 1920s. …
Please see wonderful article about PWQC and ongoing efforts to improve marine water quality in Pocasset by Michael Rausch in The Bourne Enterprise from 9 MAY 2020! (click the News tab for the link)
The Department of the Treasury notified us that PWQC qualifies for exemption from Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and that donors may deduct contributions to PWQC.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved PWQC, Inc. Articles of Organization.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! With energetic support from a significant majority of those voting in the special town meeting, ARTICLE 2 from the warrant approved a $50,000 appropriation from the Community Preservation Fund for engineering evaluation of the water quality of Hen Cove, Barlows [sic] Landing, Patuisset Island Pond and Wings Neck Dam.