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The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the permanent preservation of Nantucket Sound.
A National Treasure
Nantucket Sound is the body of water between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The Sound includes 750 square miles of federal and state waters that possess significant marine habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically important species.
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Alliance seeks federal Landmark status for Nantucket Sound
National Congress of American Indians supports protection of Nantucket Sound
On October 21st, 2021, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) voted unanimously to adopt a resolution in support of legislative and administrative efforts by the United States to permanently protect Nantucket Sound as a sacred site.
Tribal press release on NCAI support of protection of Nantucket Sound
In a press release on November 3rd, 2021, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gayhead (Aquinnah), announced that the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has endorsed permanent protection of Nantucket as a sacred site. NCAI members voted unanimously in support of the resolution, joining a large coalition of stakeholder organizations in favor of designating Nantucket Sound as a National Historic Landmark.