10/26/1982 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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a conservation commission Minutes of October 26, 1982 Page uashnet Talley Golf Course, cont, give their opinion of what is natural and not natural using the aerial photographs and the old USGS topos. In their personal and professional 1b dP opinion, a cranberry ditch is not a natural stream flog and a natural river will have a meandering line. He commented that in reading some of the old minutes, he noted that there was discussion on the water levels and the fishing situation. He explained that their work is not complete; however, upon observation a portion of the water shed will probably' be more natural than it was When it was being used as agriculture cranberry use, He said_that they understand that cranberry growers use fertilizers and herbicides and fungicides on their crops. He said that they will try to make a statement as to whether this appears to be less in the future than it has been in the past or is now in other cranberry bogs up and,.-down the stream. If so, that would be an alleviation of a unnatural situation, Mr. LaRosa further explained that barring further needs for intermitent flooding of this area, that there will be more natural flow in the river i and trout will be able to come up stream -- assuming that they cannot come up now because of the barriers of the sluice gates. He pointed out one date system which seems to be quite deteriotd, He further pointed out that the upstream is very carefully controlled as there is no water corning out of Johns Pond and that there is no water coming past the firs-t cell other than . the water shed water which is coming from the sides arid. corning through the ground water table. He asked the Commission to give them any information in order to assist them in their work. He said that one area which they could not identify was a spring stating that their suggestion in the spring area would be to i cap ulate it and to construct an old- fashion spring house. Dorothy pointed out that there were no. identifying 'narks on the plan which was being presented. She asked the secretary to pull out the original plan* Wayne asked that the .minutes also be pulled out of the last meeting with the Quashnet people. Wayne explained that what the Commission is looking for is that they define the area around the tee Haase of the pyramid. Mr. LaRosa said that they will be able to do that; ho even, said that they see no advantage to some of the ponding as they think it creates warm grater. They feel that they can help the situation by pushing the fareways as chase as they can to the base o the hills explaining that the total crux of it would be Less cubic yards of filling being a benefit for the contractor and a slightly less fill situa- tion in the bog area, He told the Commission that they think they are be- ing asked to provide an amended drawing which meets the landscape architects intent of getting a mice nine-hole golf course. Dorothy asked if the ponds were put in place to take care of the grater that was displaced by filling? She said that she was under the impression that that was one of the things written up in the hydrologist 's report, Mr. LaRosa explained that In t6rms of wetlands if you put the sluice gates in and let the water fill up, it would be wetlands and if you take the sluice gates out, it be oraaes a dry lana. He said that the golf course peo- ple intend to use the area and that it is the original elevation of the cranberries growing. The artifi ial situation was to put boards in to raise it up for two purposes -- frost protection and to harvest the crop wi