"Eel Point Closed to Vehicles; Erosion the Cause"
The Nantucket Independent, May 6, 2008
By Peter B. Brace
NANTUCKET -- Due to severe erosion, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation closed the end of Eel Point to vehicles indefinitely.
NCF Ecologist Karen Beattie estimates that erosion during the last 18 months has pushed the beach back into the salt marsh on the south side of Eel Point, washing away dunes held in place with beach grass and Rosa rugosa beach roses, further filling several mosquito ditches and blowing the sand back over the marsh. ... ©
Read the full article in The Nantucket Independent.
In related news, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation is “seeking a full-time, experienced Research Supervisor to oversee a variety of projects involving inventorying, monitoring, and managing species, habitats, and other natural resources found on the Foundation’s conservation lands.” For more details, please read the job announcement.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Closes Eel Point to Vehicles; Seeks Research Supervisor
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