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I." INTRODUCTION <br />F <br />A <br />QUASHNET VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB <br />Location: The 345:2 acre site of the Quashnet Valley Country Club is <br />located in Mashpee, 1/4 mile north of the Pine Tree Corner Rotary and <br />west of Waquoit Rd. It is divided into three parcels by Lowell Rd., <br />Old Falmouth Rd. - Barnstable Rd. <br />Existing Site Characteristics: The land is currently undeveloped. There <br />is a low intensity of use in the general area except for a cluster of <br />commercial development at the Pine Tree Corner Rotary on Rt. 28, immediate- <br />ly to the south of the site, as shown on the U.S.G.S. Map of the Cotuit <br />Quadrangle. <br />The site lies on the Mashpee glacial outwash plain and consists of both <br />the higher sandy glacial outwash plain and several broad glacial valleys <br />which have been converted to cranberry bogs. The upland areas consist <br />of medium to fine glacial sands while bogs and low areas are generally <br />courser sands overlain by a sand/peat stratum 12" - 18" deep. The water <br />table stands at an elevation of 2 - 3 feet below the cranberry bogs. <br />The upland areas are generally forested with pitch, pine and scrub oak <br />undergrowth. The low areas support red maple, Atlantic white cedar and <br />blueberries where cranberries have not been developed. <br />Lowlands on the site are not naturally subject to flooding, since Quashnet <br />River has to be dammed to a 3 - 4 foot height for flooding related to <br />cranberry growing. Even this year, which has had an unusually high <br />water table and water level in John's Pond, the bog areas have remained <br />