Friday, August 13, 2021

Park Rangers Discourage Feeding Wildlife After Child is Bit

 Posted by Wayne G. Barber 



WELLFLEET – Officials from the Cape Cod National Seashore are urging visitors of the park to never feed the local wildlife after a coyote recently bit a child. 

The bite happened on August 11 at approximately 8:30 on North Herring Cove Beach. 

According to the Seashore, the child was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

The coyote has since been shot by park rangers, who will also collect the animal so it can be tested for rabies. 

 Seashore officials said that summer rangers have been responding to incidents of coyotes acting assertively toward people in attempts to obtain food.

That behavior starts with people feeding the coyotes intentionally by leaving food out, or inadvertently by not removing food scraps and packaging from the beach.

They said that leads to the animals becoming habituated and bold in attempts to obtain food. When wild animals lose their fear of people, they behave unpredictably and aggressively, resulting in injuries to people and a sad ending for the habituated animal.

Seashore officials urge visitors to report assertive coyote sightings to rangers or the dispatch center at 617-242-565

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Eastham Massachusetts Issues Plastic Bottle Ban Reminder

 Posted by Wayne G. Barber 



EASTHAM – The Town of Eastham recently issued a reminder to local business owners that the water bottle bylaw banning the sale of single use water bottles will go into effect on September 21, 2021.

The bylaw was approved at the September 2020 Annual Town Meeting.

 According to Sustainable Practices, the non-profit organization that spearheaded the commercial plastic water ban effort, Brewster, Falmouth, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown and Wellfleet also adopted the commercial ban in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

Bans on plastic checkout bags and balloons filled with lighter than air gasses (including helium) will go into effect on November 1.

Additional bans on plastic straws, cutlery, polystyrene foam coolers and foam packing peanuts will go into effect on November 30, 2021. Polystyrene food service containers must be 100% recyclable.

Businesses will be allowed to sell water in alternative containers, while Eastham residents and visitors are being encouraged to carry and use refillable water bottles.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

USA Olympic Shooters....

 Posted by Wayne G. Barber 


USA Shooting earned a grand total of six medals at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, making this their best performance at the Games since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. 

USA Shooting athletes won three gold medals in Men’s Air Rifle (William Shaner), Women’s Skeet (Amber English), and Men’s Skeet (Vincent Hancock), two silvers in Mixed Team Air Rifle (Mary Tucker, Lucas Kozeniesky) and Women’s Trap (Kayle Browning), and one bronze in Mixed Team Trap (Maddy Bernau, Brian Burrows).