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11 <br />Select Board <br />Minutes <br />December 16, 2024 <br />Discussion of Nominations for Mash, g e R..p rese l.tatives to the ]C au'nnsta�ble C o unt... ",1gst utjpsotjrces <br />"ommitt e J rim utt r Voti g MeTb t _...Ashley.. j, cgr, J b � w u int .. " or nator Altemate Member — <br />ober�....Tom.a* ura NaturalResources.Director <br />Correspondence was received fromrm, Barnstable Comity regarding the revitalized regional Coastal Resources <br />C °oun mittee coordinated by tine Cape Cod. Cooperative Extension staff. The Town. of Maslipee was asked to <br />norninate a primary voting member and am alternate having expertise in coastal resources. <br />Motion made by Selectman Wyman.4,olombo to appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator <br />s the prriumurnar°y voting member with Robert To auto, Natural Resources Director as alternate <br />member to the Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee. <br />Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. <br />VOTE: -0.1 Jn nri ousm <br />ll all 'dote; <br />Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes <br />Selectman ymnit mn-C olllombo, yes Selectman Cotton, yes <br />Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none <br />4, .t" lu V.a_U date and Presentation: Ed ichnner School of Ma inn Science and Tecbnol �y.., ... __, <br />UMass Dartmouth: <br />­­­ <br />Mashjqtpr... na into! . n ttou , bra <br />The Select Board met witb Ed Eicinnner of the Coastal Systems program at time UMass lC artrrnouth.. School of <br />Marine Science & Y`ecinrnolo y (51 .5'1') to review the Maslipee "rater Quality Monitoring Proranrn 202 <br />sumnnnrmary whicin erncorrnpasses 2021, 2022 and 2023. Mr. Eicinnner indicated that continued monitoring will <br />track short and long-term cban.. es in errnbayrrn.ernt health, assess nutrient related water quality, and. yield the <br />validation ol`the effectiveness of nitrogen management alternatives. <br />Nitrogen loading is the major threat to estuariesworld-wide. Increased nitrogen enrichment is causing <br />significant impairments to botl°n Waquoit and Popponesset flays is well as portions of"nrtost Cape Cod <br />estuaries. <br />Nitrogen management is deernned the key to restore degraded estuarine habitat tlnrou in increased tidal <br />,croon ge (flushing), control of watershed nitrogen sources, and increased nitrogen removal in transport <br />(se erirn ). <br />From 2019 tbro ul in 2023, water duality in 'V aqu.noit Bay has continued and significant nitrogen. in ipairrnn.ennt <br />in the upper estuaries with continued detadatio n of water quality, Popponnesset Bay also has significant <br />nitrogen enrichment in the tipper tributaries with nutrient im ai.rnrnents throughout. l..,ar e pbytoplard(tonn <br />blooms have, irncreased., berntinic habitat; is impaired, and there is 100% eelgrass loss. <br />