Natural Resources Advisory Committee (RM B)
Event Date:
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 6:00pm
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1. Call to Order
2. Declaration of a Quorum
3. Recording Statement
4. Citizens Forum:
a. Home Rule Petition for Pesticide Reduction - Presentation by Laura Kelley, POCCA (Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer)
5. Notes from the Chair:
a. Beautify Brewster: Saturday, April 27, 2024
i. Medication Take Back Day: BPD
b. Brewster Conservation Day: Saturday, July 13, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm, Drummer Boy Park.
i. Trees are the theme this year
c. Congratulations to Brewster-based non-profit Sustainable Practices on their Governor's Citation recognition
d. Brewster 3rd Grade Nickerson State Park Field Trip
e. Follow up: DMF River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment: Stony Brook Watershed
f. Follow up: Coastal Resource Management Plan: Shellfish Regulations
i. Planning resident forums to discuss regulation updates
ii. Beach Profiling Pilot Project: Tricia Teixeira, CCCC
g. Follow up: NRAC HS Student Member
6. Town of Brewster Pond Management Plan
a. Existing Conditions Report - pending
b. Designated Uses Survey - Pearson
c. Pond Management Plan Benchmarking - Reports of Commissioners
i. Comm’rs Essig/Williams
ii. Comm’rs Hughes/Weissman
iii. Comm’rs Taylor/Henderson
7. Reports
a. Director of Natural Resources
b. Represented organizations and committees
8. Approval of Minutes
9. Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair
10. Topic(s) for next meeting:
a. State of the Waters 2023 Report
b. Pond Management Plan
i. Existing conditions - Eichner Draft Report (PALS and other data)
ii. Designated uses - Survey Process
c. Town Tree Replacement Policy
11. Informational Items:
a. State of the Waters: Cape Cod 2023: https://capecodwaters.org/
b. River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment Acushnet River Watershed, 2019-2020: https://www.mass.gov/doc/technical-report-tr-80/download
12. Adjournment
Natural Resources Advisory (RM B)
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Date:
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 6:00pm