[SEMCO] Nantucket Coastal Erosion Forum

[Sheri DeRosa]

TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT OUR SHORELINE

CONTROLLING COASTAL EROSION ON NANTUCKET:

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE


The Nantucket Civic League will host a public forum, "Controlling Coastal 
Erosion on Nantucket: Past, Present and Future," on Monday, January 8 at 
4:30 in the CPS Cafeteria.

Our featured guest will be Jim O'Connell, Coastal Processes Specialist, 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program and Cape Cod 
Cooperative Extension. Jim is a recognized expert on coastal erosion in 
Massachusetts. He will help us understand the dynamics affecting our 
island's shoreline.

Jim will also take look at various coastal-erosion control strategies, while 
Dirk Roggeveen, Administrator of Nantucket's Conservation Commission, will 
focus on those methods which have been used on Nantucket and explain the role of the 
Conservation Commission in the permitting process.
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In addition, we have invited local experts to be on hand to provide specific 
information about how coastal-erosion control relates to concerns such as 
public access to Nantucket beaches, local fishing and marine mammals. We 
will also explore the role of our Conservation Commission in permitting 
erosion-control projects, including the legalities involved from both the 
point of view of the property owner and of the public. And, finally, we will 
consider whether or not Nantucket is in need of an island-wide coastal 
management policy. There will be ample time for questions and answers.

The Civic League is pleased and proud to co-sponsor this program with the 
UMASS Field Station and Grace Grossman Environmental Center. Managing 
Director of the Field Station, Dr. Sarah Oktay will moderate the discussion 
along with former NCL President D. Anne Atherton.

Please plan to join us for this important forum. Everyone is welcome, as 
together we take a look at the future of Nantucket's shorelines. For further 
information, please contact the Civic League at ncl at nantucket.net or 
www.nantucketcivicleague.org.