Phone: 508.255.5716
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 183
Eastham, MA 02642
Our Mission
The Eastham Conservation Foundation (ECF) was founded in 1978 as a volunteer, non-profit membership organization to help protect and enhance Eastham’s natural environment for the benefit of the community. ECF has protected more than 300 acres in Eastham through deeded gifts, land purchases, and private conservation restrictions.
ECF collaborates with the Town, as well as other Cape Cod land trusts and non-profit organizations, to preserve Eastham’s precious natural areas and scenic vistas. We work with partners to acquire undeveloped lands, to manage them in their natural condition, to protect wildlife habitat, and to educate the public about the importance of preserving a healthy environment in Eastham—now, and for future generations.
The Eastham Conservation Foundation is a private land trust created in 1978 to protect land in Eastham and to assist the town in its conservation efforts.
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ECF is a member of The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts which is a Cape wide organization serving the various land trusts across the region.
Earth Day 2021 Marsh Cleanup
This Earth Day volunteers removed 592 pounds of trash off Eastham’s Great Marsh.
Bird Box Monitoring Program
Learn about ECF’s Bird Box Monitoring Program. Volunteers are welcome.
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Falls Again
Although 2021 was a good year for monarch butterflies in the Northeast, the Eastern population (east of the Rockies) continues to show a dramatic decline.
Diamondback Terrapin Update
The year before last was a terrible road kill year for Eastham’s diamondback terrapins. The new Habitat Improvement Program (HIP) has made a huge difference for the terrapins.
Recent Land Protected in Eastham
Thanks to conservation-minded owners (who qualified for and received a valuable State of MA conservation land credit, as well as tax deductions), individual donors and several grant organizations, ECF closed on this wonderful land in January 2019, which will now be protected forever from development.
Sims Way Project a Success!
The Eastham Conservation Foundation is proud to announce that on January 31 it finalized the purchase of the 1.6-acre property on Sims Way, Eastham that borders the upper reaches of Rock Harbor salt marsh just off Dyer Prince Road.
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