Safe Harbor works with environmental permitting of all types, manages coastal construction projects and specializes in innovative coastal habitat restoration systems. This website is structured for environmental education, with downloadable publications. Visit us on Duck Creek Marsh, at 95 Commercial St., Wellfleet, MA.
Give us a call (508- 237.3724) and stop by for a cup of coffee. You can check out this view from our window.
or contact us via:
email: gordonpeabody@gmail.com
Snail mail: P.O. Box 880, Wellfleet, MA, 02667

Gordon Peabody works as director of Safe Harbor’s multiple programs. He also spends up to six months each year living aboard a wooden sailboat. “Living in an intimate embrace with the primal elements offers a unique perspective on our natural resources. Communities and natural resources need each other to survive. We believe resource areas should be seen as systems and the causes of environmental problems should be considered as part of the solution. Thinking more sustainably, creates more sustainable solutions. We can all do a better job redirecting our own energy and we can support better ideas by voting with our dollars when we shop.”
“Our web site’s Educational section is significant. I encourage everyone to explore around and take advantage of the learning opportunities. Being informed on a topic helps us make better decisions. I believe the best way to protect environmental resources is through education. We all have something to learn and we all have something to teach. Our door is open to new ideas. Feel free to share yours with us.” gordonpeabody@gmail.com
Cape Cod Life Magazine featured Safe Harbor Director Gordon Peabody in the 2011 Annual Issue. Click on the link below if you are interested in reading the article.
http://capecodlife.com/life/stories/2011/01/wellfleet-cape-islands-voices/
You are welcome to give us a call or stop by for a cup of coffee, 508-237-3724.
Special Recognition Award, Whitney Johnson
Whitney has earned this Special Recognition Award for her consistent, creative contributions and hard work, in publishing OCEAN electronic newsletter that have made our efforts so successful. OCEAN currently reaches a direct readership of over 2,000 readers, on Cape Cod and as far away as Australia. Thank you Whitney, for your exceptional vision and technical skills! Whitney telecommutes from London, England.
Loren Vandegrift is an actor currently living in L.A. He also has his own consulting business and designs creative web sites, including ours. Loren has made a tremendous contribution to the environment on Cape Cod by providing us with this incredible, educational web site.
Lara is working with us as a Project Coordinator. Her responsibilities include keeping track of multiple projects, permitting timelines and communications with regulatory agencies. Lara also has her Real Estate license.
Hayley is our native planting coordinator. She has a background in botany and environmental studies. Hayley is also a champion body surfer and has worked as a life guard.
Audra is one of our winter interns. Audra graduated from UMass Amherst and is taking post grad certification in Coastal Zone Management. Audra also coordinated all of our educational presentations this winter. This summer she will be doing salt marsh research.
Chris has a degree in Environmental Studies. He works with us in coastal erosion projects and implementing globally rare, maritime heathland habitats.
Danielle is our planting coordinator for coastal restoration projects. She also has her own seasonal landscaping business, Moonflower Landscaping.
Katie holds a graduate degree in Environmental Economics. She works with us as a project coordinator. Katie also spends winter time snow boarding.
Sarah is a talented musician and songwriter. She has a degree in Biology and has worked with us as a project coordinator.
Kayla is shown here on a site inspection. She works with us in the field as a site coordinator on habitat restoration projects.
Crystal is working with us one of our Interns. She can expect to work on every project we have. She has an interest in Sustainability and plans to attend college.
Amy works with us part time and also works as an intern with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, in their North Atlantic Right Whale research program.
Jerome is an artist and lateral thinker. We used his inventive thinking to solve project problems.
Liberty has 2 children and works with us part time. Her background is in Marine Ecology.
Kristyna has worked on coastal restoration projects, research coordinator and also as the project coordinator for our Haiti Water Project: sending water filters to Haiti instead of shipping water. She is a psychology major going into her senior year.
Camille works with our winter team, on coastal restoration projects.
Alexis coordinates restoration of globally rare maritime heathland habitats. She is a graduate student at Antioch University. Alexis recently received a major grant to continue her studies of the role salt crusts play in colonizing dunes with vegetation.
Sarah works as Safe Harbor’s Staff Photographer, providing consistency in photo documentation of our projects. Images are critical educational tools for sharing some of our innovative environmental mitigation techniques and systems.
Anne works in the field, with indigenous re-vegetation and erosion control systems. Anne also is a fiction writer and has just published an award winning book of short stories.
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Lisa has worked in the field and in our office. She graduated from New Hampshire college and is now traveling in Europe.
Bob Byrnes teaches high school science in Harwich. He worked with us as part of a Cape Cod Community College “Extern” program, which matches high school teachers with environmental professionals. Bob helped us with indigenous revegetation projects. His experience with our indigenous habitat restoration systems has been passed on to his students.
Simone works at and studies printmaking, in Boston and Brooklyn. Simone works on every job as part of our summer team
Past workers:
Effie has been a key support worker during the spring and fall seasons. She has a degree in psychology.
Vida graduated Suma Cum Laude in environmental studies. She began working for us as an intern and stayed on for a year. She currently is running a beer garden, with her brother.
Diana worked with us part time, coordinating our office and filling in on site work.
Rose worked as our summer intern. She is studying environmental engineering at Syracuse University.
Nicole worked with our endangered species permitting. She previously worked with the National Park Service.
Petra worked with us for several summers. She is now working as an architect in Europe.
Adam is a talented artist, who worked with us for several summers, on all of our projects.
Irene worked with us as our part time botanist. She has a lifetime of study with native plants.



























