About Us
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed legislation that established the Cape Cod National Seashore. 44,000 acres that includes the untamed shoreline of the Atlantic Coast, dunes that yield to heathland, marshes, woods and ponds were designated as a national park for public use. The beautiful towns of Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown with their histories tied to the sea lie within the Seashore. The inclusion of these towns was a departure from the typical National Park model that previously created Parks from publicly owned or donated land.
Since 1978, Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore (FCCNS), a not-for-profit charitable organization (501 c 3), has supported the National Seashore, which operates under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service by raising funds for specific projects. FCCNS was incorporated in Massachusetts on March 1, 1987 as a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax exempt as provided by law.
2023 - 2024 Board of Directors
Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore promotional recording from august 2023 “Symphony in the Seashore”
Park Historian Bill Burke’s program “A Promise of the Seashore”, an in-depth look (60 minutes) at the History of the establishment of
CAPE cod national Seashore now available in its entirety on YouTube.
“A Promise of the Seashore”
Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Inc., BYLAWS (adopted February 7, 1987, and amended periodically)
Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Inc., DRAFT REVISED BYLAWS, MARCH 2024 (membership vote for acceptance pending, July 2024)