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Mashpee Conservation. Commission
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<br /> Minutes of Augu , i 2' Page 2
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<br /> h .1r rFson Studley explained that since there were number f v*ola�tior� •�z oder
<br /> the Order of.. Conditions issued by the Commission, the Board felt that they should
<br /> het e er�t tes ti�ony and r e orts .From nLL be o people, mostly, Dr. 'dill.i am
<br /> x erwfoot. she .expla .ned that .. er 'o t appeared at the last meeting held regard-
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<br /> --i - discussion o - the aua.s hnet Va 1.1 ey olf Course and has since furYnishe . the Com-
<br /> mission with an in-depth study of the project. At this point, Dr. ' Xe oot was
<br /> asked to briefly explain to those in attendance ghat thed report consists of'.
<br />•rr .fir. Kerfoot explained that he wa.s' tasked to investigate the question- of, na.tur .
<br /> A.tributary a it relates o the section o the Q ashnet .diver and the Quashnet, River
<br /> Pro ect. as s-t:,ted in t E -Order off' 'ond tions, File ; � -16, dated: March 4, 1974.
<br /> Le continued to say that there .re three sections in the Order f Conditions that
<br /> 'rer•e directly- related to the u s tion; that Is, sections , 10 and 1 � e exp .a 7 ned
<br /> that, his def inition of natural tributary was based upon We s ter's dictionary de ni-
<br /> tior of tributary re . a. . inition bar the e trent of Environmental "unlit
<br /> Ens7ineerin', and the States Wet.,12-nd • ro i ction Act, lie stated that he referred to a
<br /> color-coded ulan entitled "'Qua hnet Valley Count2.y Club, Lawrence J nson, 'Inc. ,
<br /> Land Pi=g n, Dated: February 27, 1974, while doing evaluations, On the basis of the
<br /> elan and the fore-mentioned Order of Condit"i ons, he then defined the coed-.tion rela-
<br /> tive to natural tributaries and man-made channels. Tributaries,, as defined by4 eb-
<br /> ster's, is "r-ny stre rn. orwater course d�_schc�r�in�; into a river". The Wetland's giro--
<br /> t ct ion Act defines that a.. s tr'eam has any body of runn ing water iliov ing in different
<br /> charnel in the sur-face of the ground# e stated th�a t there is no a des tiers in i S_
<br /> mind _that '.he network of drainage channels which exist a.dj'<�.cent to the :5',',1ijashnet River
<br /> are tri bu.t .ries of the tJ.ashnet diver by the use of the above definitions.s. he also
<br /> mentioned that they looked intUo the iyass. 14etla.nd 11rotection Act and the' exclusions
<br /> Which exist for different areas; for example, a cranberry bog. The intent of the Tiro--
<br /> vision w,-,1_s to ealrt ow r a i.nt e .ance 'to Lhe systems, but it did not Infer that it would a-1-
<br /> low fi1li nc of channels or _nt a ru ton of flow, ]He stated that in the re port, he
<br /> -presented the sig ifi {ince of tributary flow i -in the = ua-5 hn t Iiiver; e i-
<br /> -_c:y.11,y referrinrr to ��ort w- t ch ways pe- o red v T-1,out, Unlimited d rip 19and 1977.
<br /> Y In ti eir opinion, mnaint�-.y in the volur.e of flow in this pa.rticu'a.r section of the
<br /> Iver ?s Very i I?'pa t , t � c tor.
<br /> e � '.d �'�ssea -t�:e q.0e i o f natural tri ��tar s ersils a�rtifio7 al tri�4�+ar�.os
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<br /> by s-.ying thi t the network of c arin els that exists w ithin a section of the raver are a
<br /> combination of na turas. ?'gid -.rtifi d {�
<br /> al h nnells. e �e:iti oned that ways. by J c:''1 the y
<br /> can be { regat ed a r thro o-h U quad
<br /> �r +t yaps Bch they have requested maps dating
<br /> }'- .( t �' = Frentioned `.gat t is ',a' .'_rent that n maps �, ati�'`��; 1 and in he
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<br /> s ra, ht l fined w i c h rep r e s e n t cin tea,f na 9 e iron ponds and old stream eds in the area. In
<br /> the*ruopinion, these .der Channels can e def ined a.s natu.ral channels �.nd are distinct
<br /> f � t 1 ;���^d c ! reel ; �rt'c'`'- '�� -.1.� #,,art of tine c'rmnbe.�ry �b�d.
<br /> 1, � "e foot kir k y 1 x-�'�.i ed 'tel aC�G -) :r�r�c o,m!�' -�+ion �. �"� J i:�� isi ! 4`�v x�. a ,4.Lr i- I
<br /> -r " C 7=5'_;r '' .Y' Y`, '_ .�tions c ] I"I :•'' ,i' t "1� i ?? Order
<br /> d r ri r Sl 1 ': 1.� i nI ���?���� � � ����Ff: Yet �' d�'"c�.iia€tee �� t �i��� ��lann in
<br /> mod i C i Ic t ions to ma.irz tain flood storage and Inves ti ra.tin�; d r e d in�-L r
<br /> Mr. Umina s t!.ted -th;.t --'Ln the ord '._, of c.ond it.ious it s :owed -tl-,at they could fill sorre
<br /> f t.he. stra.�ight ditches which was appowed by the 1Uo ,ser:v,,i-tor+ commission and that
<br /> they filled in straightd?tch s because the Conservation Commission did not consider
<br /> them as natural trib ta.ries.
<br /> Chn�r�persor ,.� ey stated -hpt . cr " t? n oE �;iss .on did not th .t c _ tinc.
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