Mass CZM

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

Salt marsh with two birds in the grass and “Coastal Habitat and Water Quality (CHWQ) Grants” and the CZM logo printed over the water.

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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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...

Collage of previous Coastal Resilience Grant projects.

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-...

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

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...

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

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...

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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...

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

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

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

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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...

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.

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

stock photo of Lewis Bay, Hyannis Massachusetts

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
www.mass.gov/info-details...

Join us for a Boston Bioblitz on Saturday, September 27 at 9AM at University of Massachusetts Boston

Biodiversity isn't just found in wild places—it's all around us—even in our cities! 🦋

That's why we're teaming up with
@inaturalist.bsky.social + TEDxBoston to kick off a month-long effort to appreciate nature right in our neighborhoods.

Will you join us? 💥 inaturalist.org/projects/uma...

Check out how the different kinds of debris was removed from Peddock’s Island during last week’s four-day clean up hosted by DCR and the Center for Costal Studies! For details on how to volunteer:
CCS Beach Brigade bit.ly/3I49qK8
DCR bit.ly/4gQagqR

A small group of volunteers in yellow vests at Carson Beach collecting trash with blue sky and ocean in the background.

Keep Massachusetts Beautiful and Allspring Global Investments picked a beautiful day for this COASTSWEEP cleanup at Carson Beach on September 9. Thanks for being such great partners in keeping our beaches clean! To volunteer or organize a cleanup, see: mass.gov/info-details...

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...

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...