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Friends of Herring River
P.O. Box 496
Wellfleet, MA 02667
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Masthead photo by Lisbeth Wiley
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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2012
Years of work by the Herring River Technical Committee and more recently by the Herring River Restoration Committee are culminating this fall in public hearings on the Environmental Impact Study/Environmental Impact Review. Expect announcements of dates of the hearings in September or early October. Read more below.
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Environmental Impact Studies --
Gateway to the Restoration Process.
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The draft EIS/EIR is now out for comment from all the participating federal and state agencies. Comments are due at the end of June. The the final draft EIS/EIR will be prepared for public release in late August with public meetings likely to scheduled for late September or early October.
Click here to view the August 2011 National Park Service newsletter on the project and alternatives under study.
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| RETURN OF THE TIDES | |
The goal of this video is to educate the public about the value of a healthy salt marsh estuary and the expected benefits or restoring the historic tidal range in the Herring River. Thanks to all who participated in the development of this video and particularly to Rachel Smith of Moonshadow Media who produced it for our organization.
Visitors and residents alike will be able to understand the importance of the Herring River Estuary when shortly, they will see our video, with subtitles, on an electronic bulletin board at the Beach Sticker Office in Wellfleet.
Decades of environmental research have shown us that half of US coastal wetlands and salt marsh estuaries have already been lost to development and remaining systems are wedged precariously between inappropriate structures and a rising sea level. As we continue to witness climate change approaching our own doorstep, it is critical that these coastal systems are healthy and protected. |
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Herring at the count site
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| FOHR Annual Meeting - August 21, 2012 | | | Please mark your calendars for 4:30 PM, August 21, the date of the Friends of Herring River Annual Meeting. It will be held at the Council on Aging, 715 Old King's Highway Wellfleet, MA. |
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Fridays, July 20, August 3, 17, 31
Four Bound Brook Island Hikes -
Friends of Herring River and the Wellfleet Historical Society Offer a Guided Cultural and Environmental Overview of this Remarkable Place. | | |
Bound Brook Island Hikes
Explore Bound Brook Island, bounded on three sides by the Herring River Estuary, on a 3 mile, 2 1/2 hour hike Fridays, July 20, August 3, 17, 31. Hikes will start at 9 a.m. at the Atwood Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet. There are 15 reservations for each hike: please call: 508-349-9157. Environmental and cultural highlights will include Atwood Higgins House, Biddle House, Hatch House, Bound Brook Island Beach, The Schoolhouse Memorial, the Lombard Cemetery, and the Herring River Restoration Project.
Directions: Rt. 6 to Pamet Point Road, Wellfleet. When Pamet Point Road dead ends, turn left, drive 1/8th of a mile to Bound Brook Island Road on your right, park on left side of road and at Atwood Higgins House. Please bring water, insect repellant, sunscreen, hat, and wear good walking shoes. The Bound Brook Island Hike is co-sponsored by the Wellfleet Historical Society and Friends of Herring River. Donations appreciated.
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