Registration is now open for the tenth annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on Sunday, Oct. 2. To sign up online, visit www.savebuzzardsbay.org/ride.

The Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride is a community event that supports clean water in Buzzards Bay. More than 150 cyclists participate in the Watershed Ride each year, pedaling across the Buzzards Bay region to protect clean water.

To celebrate 10 years of the Watershed Ride, the Coalition is adding a two distances in addition to the traditional routes. New this year, riders can sign up for a 100-mile ‘century’ route to bike around the entirety of Buzzards Bay starting from the breakwater at Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island. Also new this year, a 10-mile family ride entirely on the Shining Sea Bikeway in Falmouth.

These new routes are in addition traditional 75-mile route starting in Westport or the 35-mile route that starts in Rochester. All the routes end with a party in Woods Hole.

Cyclists ages 12 and over are welcome to sign up. Many riders also form teams with their friends and families. Together, they put their cycling skills to work to raise thousands of dollars for Buzzards Bay. The ride includes lunch stop, water and snack stations along the course and on-the-road repair technicians available on call.

Each rider raises a minimum of $300, but many participants set higher goals. All funds go directly to programs and projects that protect land and clean water around Buzzards Bay. Prizes go to the riders and teams that raise the most money as well as the winners in new categories including “best team outfit” and “most riders.”