The continuing attraction of Cape Cod to tourists and residents has increased development and commercialism, greatly impacting open space, shorelines, and lakes and ponds. To preserve the conservation land areas in towns throughout the Cape, we provide valuable hours doing trail maintenance, construction, and land restoration. We have restored hundreds of acres of open space removing non-native plants, planting beach grass along Cape Cod beaches, and constructing a 900-foot boardwalk in Barnstable's Long Point Conservation area.

Examples of Projects

Group Projects

1. Install an osprey pole along a marsh to create habitat for nesting osprey
2. Remove invasive plant species from conservation lands
3. Remove secondary growth from an area to restore grassland habitat
4. Construct a handicap accessible boardwalk through a parcel of conservation land
5. Blaze a new trail or cut back on existing trail through a parcel of conservation land
6. Remove debris that has been illegally dumped on conservation land
7. Plant beach grass on human or storm damaged beaches to prevent erosion

Individual Placements

1. Serve with a Town Conservation or Natural Resource Department to design, write, and implement land management plans for conservation properties
2. Serve with a Town Conservation or Natural Resource Department to design, layout and create maps of all the trails on a parcel of conservation property
3. Serve with a Land Trust to research and collect information about each Trust owned property and then organize it all into a property notebook
4. Serve with the Cape Cod Commission to research, collect, and catalog, information on each open space purchase made by a Town over a period of time

Volunteer Projects

1. Thompson’s Field Blitz Week - volunteers assist with invasive plant species removal, trail maintenance, bird box installation and tree planting
2. Canal Clean Up - volunteers serve with members picking up trash and debris all along the Cape Cod Canal