Save Popponesset Bay (SPB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 for the purpose of protecting and enhancing Popponesset Bay and the Popponesset Spit, the barrier peninsula and wildlife preserve that protects the Bay and surrounding communities in Mashpee and Cotuit, MA. Due to its strong partnership and community relationships, SPB has worked to dredge sand to keep key navigation channels open, improve water quality, and restore the Popponesset Spit to preserve and protect it for generations to come.
SPB owns 2/3 of the Spit, with the eastern third owned by Mass Audubon. The entire Spit is home to the endangered plovers and terns. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts owns the section immediately at the bottom of the Fisherman’s Landing stairs. Since its most depleted state in 2014, SPB has raised, from neighbors and friends, and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in trucked sand from the outer channel leading to Nantucket Sound; and purchased and planted dune grass to anchor the new sand.
SPB provides security in partnership with the Popponesset Beach Association (PBA) and Mass Audubon. We have short time windows each year to perform our work due to various Federal, State and Town laws and regulations related to various fish species and the arrival and breeding of the plovers, terns, and other wildlife.
More information may be found at:
https://savepopponessetbay.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SavePopponessetBay
