Join us Thursday, May 16 at 6pm for our ACONS (A Celebration of Nantucket Sound) webinar. Our guest speaker is Paul Niedzwiecki, CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce. Paul will discuss the work of the Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation, and the integral role our region’s coastal environment, including Nantucket Sound, plays in our tourism economy.
Nantucket Sound Won’t Stay a National Treasure Without Your Support
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the permanent preservation of Nantucket Sound by designating it as a National Historic Landmark.
A National Treasure
Nantucket Sound is the body of water between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The Sound includes 750 square miles of federal and state waters that possess significant marine habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically important species.
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A Look at Rum-Runners & Smugglers on the Cape & Nantucket Sound
Novelist, essayist, and native Cape Codder George Michelsen Foy (The Last Green Light and Run the Storm) provides some fascinating history on rum-runners on the Cape & Islands. Prohibition brought an explosion in the rum-running game, mostly on the Outer Cape, but Nantucket Sound saw its share of dark schooners and boats sneaking in on moonlit nights.
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2023 End-of-Year Newsletter
The generosity of our supporters has been the driving force behind our progress and success in protecting Nantucket Sound. Click below to review our end-of-year newsletter to see the progress we have made this past year.
MVY Radio’s segment on the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Audra Parker from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound