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| 6/24, 7:00 PM - REPORT: LOW-LYING ROADWAYS ALTERATION FOR HERRING RIVER RESTORATION |
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| Wednesday, June 24, 7:00 PM Council on Aging, 715 Old Kings Highway, Wellfleet
A public meeting will be held Wednesday, June 24th at 7 pm, at the Wellfleet Council on Aging, 715 Old Kings Hwy, Wellfleet.
In February, "Zero Design" public meetings were held to record questions and concerns from the public about roadway alterations before any engineering design work began. Areas in discussion are shown below in yellow and include
sections of Pole Dike, Old County and Bound Brook Island Roads in Wellfleet and Truro that need to be altered or elevated before normal tides are restored in the estuary.
At this meeting, Louis Berger group will present results regarding existing conditions, delineated wetlands, the sizes of replacement culverts, and roadway alterations where needed, A tide control structure will be located at Pole Dike Creek and will be discussed.
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| 4th of July Parade Entry. Volunteers Needed |
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 We are in the parade on the 4th once again, but this time starting at the pier. We welcome all who support the project to join us and help organize the walk by meeting at 5 pm at the pier on the 2nd. Rain date for preparation is July 3 at the pier at 5:00 PM. If you can break away from your families or get them to walk with us, PLEASE DO SO! We intend to have a good time!
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| FHR Participation in "Parks as Classroom" |
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This spring, the Friends of Herring River took advantage of the Parks as Classroom program at Cape Cod National Seashore to educate 5th graders from Wellfleet Elementary School and students from Truro's Central School about the importance of healthy salt water marshes. Barbara Dougan, Educational Specialist from the National Park, and her team, conducted four classroom sessions in
Wellfleet focusing on spheres and the Herring River Estuary - geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. On a field trip to the Herring River students examined salt marsh biodiversity by looking at animal samplings. The Science Club at the school studied how water quality affected shellfish and river herring looking at such factors as dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, and turbidity.
Students at Truro Central School learned about the proposed Herring River Restoration Project and examined the importance of salt marshes to herring and shellfish populations. |
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