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Manager and Town Meeting in making community Permitted projects primarily centered on preservation a continued success while enhancing and redevelopment of single family homes including beautifying the Town of Mashpee for the present and complete tear down and rebuilds or additions to for the future of community preservation. existing homes,landscape and hardscape changes,dock and pier construction, including repair and/or Respectively submitted, expansion, erosion control projects, vista pruning and Andrew Gottlieb, Chair—BOS/Park Commissioner invasive species management. Dawn Thayer, Vice-Chair—At-Large Brian Hyde, Clerk—Historical Commission The 2021 Conservation Commission: Kevin Shackett—Housing Authority The Mashpee Conservation Commission wishes Ed Larkin—At-Large to thank our former Administrative Assistant, Cynthia Chad Smith— Conservation Commission Bartos for her years of service to the Conservation Mary Waygan—Planning Board Department. Cynthia brought energy and enthusiasm Arden Cadrin—At-Large to the Conservation Department on a daily basis and Lynne Barbee—At-Large we will miss her dearly.The Conservation Commission welcomes our new Administrative Secretary, Stacey Ducharme, to the Conservation Department staff. Report of the Stacey brings previous experience in administrative Conservation Commission work and has fit in seamlessly with the department since her arrival in November of 2021. The Mashpee Conservation Commission currently has seven full time To the Honorable Board of Selectmen members and one associate member. The Commission and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: welcomes its newest full time member, Alexandra Zollo in 2021. Alex brings significant experience in Mission Statement: natural resources management and enforcement to the Commission. The Commission currently has 2 The Mashpee Conservation Commission is openings for associate members. Associate members responsible for the protection and preservation of the are expected to attend a minimum of 50% of annual town's precious wetland resource areas and the values Commission meetings. Associate members may only they provide by utilizing the provisions set forth in the vote on public hearings if they make up a portion of a Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (MGL Ch. 131 quorum of Commissioners. In the absence of this, §40)and the Chapter 172 Wetland Protection By-law. Associate members may comment on public hearings Furthermore, it is the mission of the Conservation but cannot vote on them. Please contact the Commission to manage, monitor,protect and enhance Conservation Department if you are interested in Mashpee's conservation lands and open space parcels joining the Conservation Commission. through our Chapter 173 Conservation Land Bylaw for the benefit of native flora and fauna and public passive Conservation Projects: recreational use. Upper Quashnet River Restoration: 2021 Permitting: The Conservation Department continues to work with the environmental consulting firm of Horsley The Conservation Department and Conservation Witten Group to restore a portion of the Upper Commission processed a total of 178 permits in 2021. Quashnet River where it runs through a series of The breakdown is as follows: abandoned cranberry bogs.The goals of this restoration 14 initiative are to improve fish passage for diadromous Orders of Conditions: fish species, restore cold water habitat for Eastern Amended Orders: Brook Trout and to improve overall water quality, Requests for Determination 31 including flow, temperature, turbidity, eradication of Certificates of Compliance I I invasive species and recreational access improvements. Extension Order Requests 11 The first phase of this restoration project is to finalize Emergency Certifications 1 a conceptual approach to restoring this portion of the Enforcement Orders 12 river in preparation for the second phase, which will Total permits processed: 178 99