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Sep 21

The HAC released its final decision last Friday permitting Surfside Crossing’s 156 unit 40b development on 13.5 acres off of South Shore Road. Despite the Superior Court’s ruling last year requiring the HAC to consider other local needs and environmental concerns, the revised proposal was essentially rubber-stamped with no local input. The NLC hopes the Town will challenge this decision, and we will also consider our options for further appeal. ⁠
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Let the Select Board know that this decision does not serve the community and should be challenged.⁠
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Sep 20

As part of the Land Trust Alliance Rally, Emily Molden and Nate Scott toured numerous “Green” stormwater infrastructure projects across the city of New Orleans with Groundwork New Orleans. This amazing local organization works to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment through community-based partnerships. Their efforts to improve water management and resiliency throughout urban neighborhoods are impressive and inspiring with important examples for communities like Nantucket to follow.⁠
@ltalliance #Rally4Land @groundworknola⁠
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Sep 19

The NLC celebrated another year of natural resource and water protection on a beautiful Labor Day weekend evening with an inspiring group of members and friends. Many thanks to our event co-chairs, Susan Baer and Mary-Randolph Ballinger, our Table Hosts, Donelan Family Wines, and to all who participated and continue to support our work.⁠
Special thanks to thanks Laurie Richards @pixelperfectack and @donelanwine.⁠
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Sep 18

This week Emily Molden and Nate Scott traveled down to New Orleans for the Land Trust Alliance Rally @ltalliance, a national conference focused on land protection. Field trips, seminars, networking, workshops…some gators, and a little jazz! ⁠
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#Rally4 #landconservation⁠
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Sep 15

The decline of Eelgrass in our waters is a serious issue for our bay scallops and the greater harbor ecosystem. Unfortunately, Eelgrass is not an easy plant to re-establish. Eelgrass seeds are not like regular seeds you can buy in the store! They take a lot of time to harvest from seed-bearing plants that need to be identified and picked underwater. Once we have processed the seeds by hand, we have to take care of them in an artificial environment mimicking their natural habitat until it is time for planting. ⁠
A huge Thank You to the Town of Nantucket Natural Resources Departments–@nrdack for all of their help harvesting, processing, and caring for our Eelgrass seeds this summer!⁠
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Preserving this vital species and improving the health of our harbor is a top priority.⁠
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Sep 13

Last Friday, the long-awaited decision by Superior Court Judge Mark Gildea was handed down, affirming the Nantucket Conservation Commission’s decision to order the geotube array removed from the toe of ’Sconset Bluff. While acknowledging the erosion that may ensue after removal, Judge Gildea also noted that the Commission had been left with no other choice. Gildea wrote, “neither the commission’s observation that the sand mitigation plan was absent on June 30 nor its conclusion that the plaintiff asserted at that time that it did not intend to comply with any such plan was erroneous or misleading.” Ultimately, the public record shows that SBPF was, for years, behind in providing mitigation sand and had no intention of complying until a new, extended geotube array was approved. While NLC supports coastal resilience efforts across our island, they must be legally compliant and avoid impacts that worsen erosion on neighboring properties. Baxter road sits atop the highest, most erosion-prone bluff on Nantucket, and alternative access is decades overdue. We hope that following this decision in Superior Court, our local government redoubles its efforts to move the road and build for the future rather than trying to continue using taxpayer dollars to fight the sea.

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Sep 12

Last week The Community Clean-up Crew found a mattress dumped and abandoned on Eel Point. Shout out to the hard-working team that dragged the mattress down the beach to an accessible road to have it hauled off and properly disposed of.⁠
#StopIllegalDumping

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Sep 9

Don’t forget to sign up for the exciting Downtown Nantucket Tree Tour coming up on September 22nd! Thank you to everyone who joined the fabulous Sconset Tree Tours that The Nantucket Land Council has hosted this summer in collaboration with The Sconset Trust. There are many unique trees with important historical values that are worth seeing in the lovely Sconset Village. Please join us again to learn more.⁠
Sign up link is in our bio!⁠
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