Save Popponesset Bay on average raises $550,000 a year. This year we are at $200,000. We need $300,000 to do the annual maintenance required to maintain the Spit.
We recently walked the Spit with our coastal engineering firm to review the current state and what is needed to maintain its efficacy. The engineers are recommending we place 10,000 cubic yards of sand on the Spit to protect for winter storms and maintain the structural integrity of the dunes. The Popponesset Island Channel is at threat for the storm season. This project will cost upwards of $600,000. This barrier beach is critical infrastructure to the landscape of our community.
SPB does not exist without the generosity of the community, and we need your contribution today. Please send in your annual donation as soon as possible. We count on these funds to maintain and operate the Spit and channels.
Protecting the spit and the bay for generations to come
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Save Popponesset Bay
Save Popponesset Bay is the owner of 2/3 of the Spit, with the eastern third, owned by Mass Audubon. The Popponesset Spit is a fragile, natural barrier peninsula and wildlife sanctuary that protects Popponesset Bay from Nantucket Sound, Mashpee’s watershed, and other land throughout Mashpee and Cotuit. Since its most depleted state in 2014, Save Popponesset Bay has raised and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars for trucking sand, dredging sand from the outer channel leading to Nantucket Sound, and the purchasing/planting of dune grass to anchor the new sand for the Spit. We also provide security in partnership with PBA and our partner Mass Audubon. These dredging and construction activities are critical to keeping the area healthy and safe for all that enjoy it.
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