The Vineyard Conservation Society’s annual Earth Day beach cleanup celebrates its 25th anniversary today. People from around the Island will gather this morning to scour the shoreline for litter. The event begins at 10 a.m.

The Vineyard Conservation Society is hosting a series of films and discussions to the Oak Bluffs Library.

A decision by the U.S. Supreme court closes the book on a decades-long court battle over whether private land off Moshup Trail can be opened up for development.

The Vineyard Conservation Society’s 51st annual meeting included a photo exhibit and the announcement of a $2 million capital campaign.

Volunteers carrying large feed bags dotted the Island’s beaches Saturday as they collected trash for the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 24th annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup.

On Saturday, April 30, the Vineyard Conservation Society hosts a cleanup day held at beaches all over the Island.

The Vineyard Conservation Society will be hosting information sessions about a proposed bylaw to ban single-use plastic bags Island-wide.

The Vineyard Conservation Society has begun floating a proposal to ban most single-use plastic bags on the Island, citing the danger the bags pose to marine animals and birds.

Edgartown selectmen said they will likely put the issue of a ban on single-use plastic bags before voters at the annual town meeting in April.

The West Tisbury selectmen became the second town board this week to back an initiative seeking a ban of single-use plastic bags.