Post by sheehan1414 on Mar 25, 2012 12:43:40 GMT -4
Massachusetts Beach Buggy Association
Nauset Beach Report – March 2012
Nauset Beach continues in its winter mode, but it won't be long now until we begin our travels on a regular basis. This winter has been very kind to us weather wise with no major storms to play havoc with the beach. I have not have the opportunity to travel out on the soft stuff since last month. However, at that time the conditions were typical for this time of year. The Pochet area looked particularly good with a nice build up of dunes and grass which maybe beneficial in discriminating young birds from traveling across the trail.
Please keep in mind our spring conservation projects are approaching . This is a great opportunity to give a little back to what we all love so much. Your vehicles, manpower, and sense of humor makes for a great project. Remember this is a great way for the family to come together in a rewarding and educational venture. This is also a great opportunity to get new members involved.
The Nauset Conservation project is scheduled for Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 9:30am. As of right now the Town of Orleans is interested in having the MBBA conduct a general beach clean up and putting up symbolic fencing. If additional activities are warranted I will keep you informed. This projects follows the Race Point project on Saturday so it makes for a real enjoyable weekend for all. At this time members will be spending the night at Race Point (thank you Peter) and traveling to Nauset on Sunday morning. We looked into spending Saturday night in Chatham, but at this time it was not feasible.
On another note, barring no bad weather this week the five federally-owned camps on North Beach Island were to begin to be dismantled. An advance team was scheduled to be doing prep work on the island before the demolition team arrived with heavy equipment to knock down the buildings. But the Seashore pushed off the start date, and according to an e-mail from Chatham’s director of health and environment, the park did not provide a “revised” date. Meanwhile, the Town of Chatham continued to put forth several organized efforts to halt this progress. In an emergency meeting, Chatham selectman voted to ask the Cape Cod National Seashore to obtain a permit from the chief of police to use ‘motorized equipment’ on the beach before begining demonlition. A request by camp owners to be considered a National Historic District was rejected by the Historic Preservation office this week. Sadly the 5 cottages on North Beach Island where taken down this week by the National Seashore.
Bill Sheehan
Nauset Beach Representative
Nauset Beach Report – March 2012
Nauset Beach continues in its winter mode, but it won't be long now until we begin our travels on a regular basis. This winter has been very kind to us weather wise with no major storms to play havoc with the beach. I have not have the opportunity to travel out on the soft stuff since last month. However, at that time the conditions were typical for this time of year. The Pochet area looked particularly good with a nice build up of dunes and grass which maybe beneficial in discriminating young birds from traveling across the trail.
Please keep in mind our spring conservation projects are approaching . This is a great opportunity to give a little back to what we all love so much. Your vehicles, manpower, and sense of humor makes for a great project. Remember this is a great way for the family to come together in a rewarding and educational venture. This is also a great opportunity to get new members involved.
The Nauset Conservation project is scheduled for Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 9:30am. As of right now the Town of Orleans is interested in having the MBBA conduct a general beach clean up and putting up symbolic fencing. If additional activities are warranted I will keep you informed. This projects follows the Race Point project on Saturday so it makes for a real enjoyable weekend for all. At this time members will be spending the night at Race Point (thank you Peter) and traveling to Nauset on Sunday morning. We looked into spending Saturday night in Chatham, but at this time it was not feasible.
On another note, barring no bad weather this week the five federally-owned camps on North Beach Island were to begin to be dismantled. An advance team was scheduled to be doing prep work on the island before the demolition team arrived with heavy equipment to knock down the buildings. But the Seashore pushed off the start date, and according to an e-mail from Chatham’s director of health and environment, the park did not provide a “revised” date. Meanwhile, the Town of Chatham continued to put forth several organized efforts to halt this progress. In an emergency meeting, Chatham selectman voted to ask the Cape Cod National Seashore to obtain a permit from the chief of police to use ‘motorized equipment’ on the beach before begining demonlition. A request by camp owners to be considered a National Historic District was rejected by the Historic Preservation office this week. Sadly the 5 cottages on North Beach Island where taken down this week by the National Seashore.
Bill Sheehan
Nauset Beach Representative
