<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><i><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Sierra</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Cape Cod</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> 3rd Tuesday Talk </span></font></b></i></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span><span><b><span>“<b><font face="Arial"><font face="Helvetica">Sand Wars: Adverse Consequences of Onshore Mining & Coastal </font>Use in Massachusetts<font face="Helvetica">” </font></font></b></span></b></span></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday, September 17, 7 to 8 pm </span></span></b></span></span></font></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial"><font><span>Virtual, via Zoom: </span></font></font><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F89176128525%3Fpwd%3DV2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891697660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=p1PF97%2FwKKoYgthjDtwwrOjLjL5gOXLw54nAbdHSuJc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" shash="AYP2N4sxWmyCrXfrUbqV2UVRTUrPyGTeQ/6OWaklehLmceQCy0/2n2Cfod23+gula2io8/4rnbm2u7ctoZTsgSrDu4p6/PVI5g0AZF3yh6MYVhq3+KBajAUShTLI2pPLQfTeZAyYc+7v5um7j4k9Co0/VTzsM7fYXUHr7XzxWzI=" originalsrc="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" shash="Z/P7zRe5XZSn+1T9CWq2P5Nq5xMmxooyS5cpaelWYJ2qe9nMI+tN3rnMRG8uNwhnb9Mgr2UBSeodP6aXIzswSLq/RuIX/NH5eteo9/Iq0rUOwerr/QKirIyo+Mg5TGN+Glb/gx8HRYhq2NJmer8tBQbLf0M0BVhEhyPGHhc2oKk=">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09</a> </span></div><div><br></div><div><font><span><span><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><div><i>In Plymouth and neighboring towns, large landowners are capitalizing on lax regulations to mine massive glacial deposits, resulting in clear-cutting, habitat destruction, and water quality degradation—and calls for a moratorium on sand and gravel extraction. All along the Massachusetts coastline, truckloads of sand applied one day can disappear the next, without providing any erosion protection. On September 17, these questionable resource management practices will be explored, and opportunities for advocacy will be identified. </i></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Sierra Cape Cod’s virtual speaker series continues Tuesday, September 17 at 7 pm with on-the-ground reports from ongoing “sand wars” in southeastern Massachusetts triggered by the growing demand for this limited resource. Featured speakers are <b>Meg Sheehan of the Community Land & Water Coalition</b> in Plymouth, who will focus on the destructive impacts of sand mining, and <b>Ashley Erisman of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy</b>, who will discuss a failed beach nourishment project with statewide implications. This Zoom event is open to all; time will be reserved for audience Q&A.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 15px;"><font><b>Meg Sheehan</b> is a public interest environmental attorney and community organizer, co-author of “</font><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandwars.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891697660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EovP0G6PPwSohlmEKYoGSmFRM1DMKjihP5jYK2u2RjM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.sandwars.org/" shash="yzPFj+H4USNH9oFTVHKiNvd/0C7e525FEDSfSU6wJlnq221Y8Oi4muV90z8uYVjkKlSGbbRjHdT1biasHM8Tr36osL30MfbLm5ZhMKBgy01YJK3dDVq8NbTD0ObvBpR2RzsMxj4ryYSPV5PksphrBMSCLWiFjpEXu8iRJEQeibU=">Sand Wars in Cranberry Country</a>,” and co-founder of Community Land & Water Coalition, which is leading <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Factionnetwork.org%2Fpetitions%2Fend-sand-mining-in-southeastern-massachusetts&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891697660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LcQnNG5Y5LDmXM0JRHXvPCfmRrpaHY%2FBMnp%2FyILO898%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-sand-mining-in-southeastern-massachusetts" shash="m+A5jiB4aCjEazCLlxRtpBLSHlx5dhVodmtve4jtfWia4cJHnTegpCzCyfINUBzBAyoupu8Kkm1UUpr/eg9eqO+gz/co74iGSHkKPnXTnz/0TZzxOycGFGRhmZNc6IU525H/Awk+nOqH8F2YtzMkCGoe45Xe7q0/uvNKa8xa7ew=">advocacy for a moratorium on sand mining</a>. Meg was a<font><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">warded the 2022 Environmental Service Award and Land Stewardship Award by Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) and previously worked for the Earthrise Law Center, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office after graduating from Boston College Law School and Colgate University. </span></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div><div><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 15px;"><font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Ashley Erisman </b>is a member of the </span></font><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.savenantucketbeaches.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891697660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=X7hXUwGvjISBcDgN7KJW90ivv%2BsuVSrW5ivAprFtnpA%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.savenantucketbeaches.org/" shash="bQdSEnrg9iPps8v2htDdgwOhDPsEXKZzzDZZ0XLe19cJTw8CwKCTVoI+QiMhlcH520qoheIZC9nP8+gRlvz8CeqTVeRyhMizxigerUq6MCPQ7VmCY+HX42eJhhmzXI4n736lAMscNmVixz4BpEz9iNT30sR7wolqrVFC7pwR7yE=">Nantucket Coastal Conservancy </a><font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and the former chair of the Nantucket Conservation Committee. She earned a Master of Environmental Studies from University of Pennsylvania based on the thesis, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#080809">"Erosion Control, Sustainability, and Sea Level Rise: A critical evaluation of Nantucket Island’s planning for coastal resilience." </font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Previously, Ashley worked in landscaping and garden design after graduating from</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.</span></font></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Fira Sans, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As part of Sierra Club's Massachusetts Chapter, the Cape Cod & Islands Group represents members and supporters in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For information and links to videos from recent “3rd Tuesday” talks, visit </font><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sierraclub.org%2Fmassachusetts%2Fcape-cod-islands-group&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891697660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mNxh4EBOsxkREgSfMsOKckkWV0z%2B1xIUWYqgENk7xN4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group" shash="sT1WXbP287yks2b0YpTNTw1qEGT5VXYDgcEANEd/wo6iKJBew+QR3aNXygygMlQpBX8ZKld4QCC/5gH//RTeCz3rLIUpPYAQMS5o4SmI/2W6NNGkqBfew6cqZNPxLSw8OoBhvG2Ob6ZO3m1OpmvD5eI4M/GJrn08Ghx1D/w3Zr8="><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></a><a data-linkto="https://" href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.emails.sierraclub.org%2F%3Fqs%3De152ecfc341e7eeb16dd2fe54382ddb883d21876acc3fd72fad27cc334a5ee8cfb3f743732caddca33da30d222dd66b659166413181e0ad9&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C2a7e961c269e412c61d408dcd6505ecd%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638620887891853956%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FLNxrHdSnhQOEogzo8DQuiFRTR2J5TjBlPDZU0CAr9A%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e152ecfc341e7eeb16dd2fe54382ddb883d21876acc3fd72fad27cc334a5ee8cfb3f743732caddca33da30d222dd66b659166413181e0ad9" shash="L0gV8N+ekVe61TJgBTkUAcoAAi5shWtv0wrSuQcw56223KnSp4Sbg91xueSC8FVpMMuovJQGehyxNvdCojhBj4Pv5mVbQJS1Fs/rIsBgI6bxe6lA8/Eu5WdwYw1QKqME5O9FAmDUCraBKvkBAgkX5pyqca+8HLdftxD7DErtALM=" title="https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group." style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group</a>.<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></div></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>