Our Mission at Three Bays Preservation

Three Bays Preservation, Inc is a not-for-profit environmental organization created to preserve, maintain, protect and enhance the aquatic environment and related ecosystems of the three bay estuary comprised of West Bay, North Bay, Cotuit Bay and environs, in Barnstable County, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and to take action to forestall and minimize threats to the health of the Three Bays system.

The goals of Three Bays Preservation are to:

• Restore and protect the Bays' habitats to ensure a diverse, balanced, and healthy population of fish, shellfish, wildlife, and plants.
   
• Assure that the beneficial uses of the Three Bays watershed, including fishing, swimming, navigation and shellfishing, are improved and protected.
   
• Monitor, maintain and protect the integrity of Dead Neck and Sampson's Island, sustaining the natural habitat and encouraging the vitality of the nature preserve.
   
• Increase our scientific understanding of the Three Bays watershed and estuary and use that knowledge to stimulate appropriate public actions.
   
• Improve water quality by initiating action to eliminate and prevent pollution at its source, and help minimize the discharge of pollutants from point and non-point sources.
   
• Maximize the exchange of water with Nantucket Sound by improving hydraulic flushing through the use of dredging and other waterway modifications.
   
• Increase public knowledge about the Three Bays ecosystems and stimulate public involvement in the restoration and protection of the health of the Bays.
   
• Establish partnerships with Town, County and State Agencies, as well as other environmental interest groups, to achieve these goals.