at a glanceat a glance f.a.q.f.a.q. downloadsdownloads videosvideos
Welcome to Cape Wind stay informed!  
America's First Offshore Wind Farm on Nantucket Sound
Stay Informed!

Stay informed by email, mail or phone about what's going on with the Cape Wind Project! [go>>]

Take Action!
IT'S EASY! Click here to generate an email, letter or fax to be sent to the Minerals Management Service to let them know you support clean energy! [go>>]





Printer friendly page  print story
Send this story to a friend  send story
Erosion threatens rare bird on Marion Island
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Bird Island, a 3-acre teardrop of sand and rock at the mouth of Sippican Harbor, is shrinking with every storm that rakes the coastline. Disappearing with the tiny island is precious nesting area for endangered roseate terns.

But a cooperative effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, state environmental officials and Cape Wind developers aims to shore up the island's breakwater and restore critical nesting area for the endangered birds. The cost: Nearly $4 million.

Note:

Click here to read this article in the New Bedford Standard Times

Also in Cape Wind in the News:
· Storm over Cape Cod   (07/04/08)
· The War Over Offshore Wind Is Almost Over   (06/29/08)
· A step forward for Cape Wind   (06/23/08)