6/30/2005 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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rf {* IAS` i w Proposed Mitigation Regulation: Mashpee Conservation Commission Preamble•, The aim.of mitigation is to recapitulate,to theeatest degree possible,g�' gr a wildlife Ib s habitat and water pollution control values of Chapter.172) du" nnu hed when alterations, permitted or illegal, occur in naturally vegetated areas under the juriesdiction of said Chapter. + As er section 7.1 . of Chapter 1"7� the p p �o�s i n has the discretion to promulgate design sped icadns as a component of regulations adopted pursuant to section f said Chapter). The following involves said specifications for mitigation plantings pursuant to Chapter 172. Any or all of the elements below may be invoked at the discretion of the Commission, depending upon the Commission"s assessment of the wetland values diminished by a violation or other alteration of a resource area and/or the Naturally Vegetated Buffer Strip(NVBS), as er section ' .A. 1 of Chapter 172. Said assessment, if deemed necessary by the Concession, is subject to the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 44, see. 53G. Definitions: Mitigate: Measures taken to reduce adverse impacts acts on the environment.. Such p measures may be required to compensate-for illegal,excessive and/or unauthorizeddredging, , fang cuttin or other destruction of vee n. Mtigatin may also'be recommended or required to compensate for impacts to resource areas from approved projects. MW a 'on shad not he Umited to aloin cut plants o grow hack. Seeded meadows i.e.,native grasses plantings) shall be accepted as mitigation only for i app p ate sites and shall not be considered adequate mitigation alone,especially for sites where the original vegetation was predominantly shrubs and/or trees,-.unless the' mesios'pecificaUy pets it. Plant Community Structure: A plant commwdty can be defined as:an'issehabI.W pf pcant species which interact among themselves and with their enAXODment vithi