No Dogs Are allowed on Popponesset Beaches at Any Time

A friendly reminder that, for everyone's health and welfare, dogs are not allowed on Popponesset or Town of Mashpee beaches at any time. PBA members by majority vote have affirmed that dogs are not allowed on the beaches at any time of the year, whether leashed or unleashed. Please respect your neighbors and leave your pets at home. Offenders can be fined $50 by Mashpee Animal Control. To report animals on the Beach call Mashpee Animal Control: 508-539-1442
Please respect your neighbors and leave your pets at home. 

Dog Waste Disposal

Pet owners are responsible for sanitary and appropriate disposal of dog waste. Please clean up after your beloved pet and dispose of waste and waste bags in an appropriate trash receptacle, preferably a receptacle at your own property. 
From the Town of Mashpee Police Department:
"No person owning or having care, custody, or control of any dog shall permit such dog to soil or defile or commit any nuisance upon any sidewalk, street, thoroughfare, beach or wetland, in or upon any public property or in or upon the property of persons other than the owner or persons having the care, custody, or control of such dog, unless said person picks up any such waste and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner."

Dogs on The Spit

The Popponesset Spit is an endangered species preserve and and a barrier beach owned and regulated by the Mass Audubon Society and the Save the Bay organization. Dogs are not permitted on the Spit during breeding season, usually from May 1st through September 1st, or when restrictions are posted. Please follow this regulation as failure to comply can allow these regulating agencies to take away everyone's permissions to have access to the Spit!

Protect the Dunes
The plantings on the dunes at the Spit prevent beach erosion and help to maintain the barrier beach. We request that if you are walking on the Spit at any time of the year, be a good neighbor, keep your dog on leash, and please keep off the dunes!