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The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service will install a temporary structure to aid fish passage into Santuit Pond ahead of this year’s spring herring migration, Mashpee Conservation Agent Andrew R.
The Mashpee River herring run had the highest count of herring in Massachusetts this year, according to Conservation Agent Andrew R. McManus, and numbers at all of the town runs
The Santuit Pond in Mashpee was used for thousands of years by members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to play, teach, bathe, hunt and conduct ceremonies. It's now unsafe to eat fish and use the pond in other ways, as warming temperatures and excess nutrient runoff lead to more blue-green algae blooms.
More intense storms, rising sea levels, toxic algae blooms, and other environmental crises are making it harder for tribes to practice their culture and to pass it on.
Efforts to upgrade the boat ramp and pier on Mashpee Neck Road are moving forward after members of the Mashpee Conservation Commission granted a permit to the project during their