Select Board Meeting on Monday, 2/28 has a discussion of Hatchville Fire Station and Staffing on agenda
“Update and presentation on total project cost estimate for Sandwich Road Fire Station, Status report on Fire Department staffing” (10 minutes)
https://www.falmouthma.gov/AgendaCenter/Select-Board-12/?#_02282022-13301
Recent Litter Clean-Up Efforts
Village Litter Clean-Up on October 31.
WFVA Members: Taylor, Gedney, Sellers families of West Falmouth cleaning up trash and debris from Black Beach
• WFVA held a Village Litter Clean-Up on October 31, with free Ice Cream provided by Eulinda’s.
• West Falmouth Residents also supported Litter Free Falmouth’s 1st Fall Town-wide Litter Cleanup on Sunday, December 6.
Litter was collected from roadsides, beaches and conservation lands in West Falmouth and throughout the town. Over 175 members of the community participated. Some obtained free litter grabbing sticks and T-shirts from the Keep Massachusetts Beautiful website. Others purchased grabbers from local hardware stores and online.
• “Litter Free Falmouth” Plans Additional Clean-Ups
Litter Free Falmouth hosted a community-wide discussion (via Zoom) of the path forward to achieve a litter free Falmouth on Thursday, January 21.
Read the article in the Falmouth Enterprise >
• Falmouth Adopt-A-Highway group recently initiated stewardship of Route 28
(between Thomas Landers Road and Route 151) and is seeking new members who want to help. Anyone wishing to join the highway adoption team can email Alan Robinson at amrobinson101@gmail.com
West Falmouth Fire Station Closure Announced
In a public meeting on October 17, 2019, residents gathered at West Falmouth Library to hear the results of a Town-sponsored study on the proposed location for a proposed Combined North-West Fire Station.
Attendees were surprised to learn that the West Falmouth Fire Station would be closed permanently on July 1, 2020.
Community Action
Saving the W.F. Fire Station and Ensuring Rapid Emergency Response Times in West Falmouth ...and ALL of Falmouth.
"Citizens for Rapid Response" (CR2) A small group of West Falmouth residents including members of WFVA Board, former Fire-Fighter & EMTs, and Town Meeting & Town Board members are working on a plan to prevent the impending closure of West Falmouth Fire Station until such time that a new Fire Station serving the area is built.
Learn more >
Falmouth Shellfish Propagation Slides

View the Recreational Shellfishing Survey Slides

View the Falmouth Shellfish Overview Slides

View the Restoration of West Falmouth Harbor Slides
'Restoration Of West Falmouth Harbor' Event Leaves Residents With Hope, Challenges
By Claudia Geib, The Falmouth Enterprise
"...In the mid-1990s, scientists began seeing nitrogen levels spike in waters around West Falmouth—and with it, increased algae growth, along with sharply declining shellfish health, eelgrass coverage, and water quality. To this day, groundwater sampled around West Falmouth Harbor still has very high nitrogen levels."
Read the full article >
BAY HEALTH, West Falmouth Harbor
See how healthy your water is by visiting Buzzards Bay Coalition's website.
Read more >
West Falmouth Harbor Restoration

West Falmouth Harbor Restoration Feasibility Study
Prepared by:
Cape Cod Conservation District
Hydraulic Modeling and Culvert Size Analysis,
West Falmouth Harbor, West Falmouth, MA
Prepared by:
Woods Hole Group
Chapoquoit Beach Restoration - Feasibility Study
From the June 28th public meeting 
Click to view the presentation PDF from June 28
From the June 1st public meeting 
Click to view the presentation PDF from June 1
> Please read the details about requesting to post
information on the WFVA website