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bog attendant Steven Ball came from these funds as ciate member and we welcome back, former commis- well as our Green Tourism interpreters. sioner, Elliot Rosenberg as an associate. The Commission continues to educate itself with Our work load continues to increase; a reminder, y seminars iven b the members and its consultants. the amnesty period for Chapter 91 draws to a close this g We attended the M.A.C.C. annual meeting and partic- October. Inventory of our shoreline is more important i ated in workshops as well as other association semi- than ever. Illegal docks and floats must be removed P P nars. our Agent, Bob, is a Director on the Board of from our marshlands.The health of our wetlands takes M.A.C.C.' the legal and technical advice the commis-- precedent, WBNERR reports NO eelgrass in Waquoit sion receives from this contact is invaluable.He also is Bay. Our Nitrogen loading regulation and the So foot a member of the Coastal Floodplain Task Force(draft- vegetative buffer strip regulation along with upgrades edro osed State regulations for the Coastal in Septic and non point source run-off regulations may P P Floodplain), Chairman for D.E.P. Monitoring help this situation years from now. Our boaters must n do to the fragile Committee for the new Agricultural Regulations, and be cognizant of the damage they ca g member of the subcommittee of W"BNERR-Natural bottom of our water bodies and the resulting effects on Resource Protection. He reviewed plans and suggest- mollusks and invertebrates. We have received excel- ed mitigation measures for the environmental impact lent co-operation from our harbormaster Perry Ellis of thero osed High School. regarding weighing environmental and navigation P P g considerations. Greg Taylor of DPW is well aware of The Commission wants to thank the volunteers the problems of cleaning up non-point source runoff, whose help is invaluable to the Commission. Dick and preventing it in new installations. Shaughnessy's concern over the Santuit River led to a group clean-up of the river, after a D.E.P. filing by the Lastly, we want to thank all those who help our P commission and under the supervision of D.M.F. and cause. They are really too many to print. We shall be the Herring Warden, Leigh Potter. John Johansen is diligent in protecting your interests, we realize that still volunteering assistance to applicants in filing, Mashpee is the jewel in the crown on Cape Cod. saving them many dollars. The Conservation Corps under the leadership of Renee King Fudala clears Respectfully submitted, aths, constructs trails, stairs, makes bird and duck _ Chair erson P Gertrude Simmons Ferriday, p houses, has installed Kestral boxes, an Osprey plat- Frank Homeyer, Vice Chairperson (Resigned) form and generally has a great time on Conservation John Fitzsimmons, Clerk land. John Johansen Harry Desrosiers We mourn the loss of Carol Jacobson. Carols Paul Averett untimely passing was a great loss to Mashpee and George F. Careen, Jr. especially to this Commission. Her love of this land g P �' Susana Lannik,Associate and its resources, and her efforts to preserve them will Robert A. Lopez,Associate not be forgotten. We plan to dedicate a Trail in her P g P memory, with the appropriate marker. Elliot Rosenberg,Associate Sadly, we continue to see vandalism on our land. Destruction of flumes, trash dumping, wanton use of { vehicles destroys more resource than we can begin to replace. Blockage of the herring migration at the Report of the Mashpee River was costly in man hours and money. Department of Public Works .The Commission spearheaded the emergency permit process, assisted in procuring estimates and contrac- tors. We have paid for bank stabilization and the nec- To the honorable Board of Selectmen essary surveying. Our herring are an important part of and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: the food chain whose protection will help bring back our ocean fish stock. "Every form of life is unique, The year started with many winter storms. The warranting respect regardless of its worth to man, and, D.P.W. responded to 13 snow or ice events in the to accord other organisms such recognition, man must month of January. Between December 171 1993 and be guided by a moral code of action" (United Nations: March 19, 1994, the D.P.W. logged 34 snow and ice World Charter for Nations) related events.The severe weather caused frost heaves and damaged many roads which were repaired with We've seen changes within the Commission; Jack over $30,000.00 of patch work. Fitzsimmons is now a full member, George Green Jr. is a new full member, Susana Lannik is now an asso- 115 -