Wellfleet National Seashore Homeowners Association

The Town’s Natural Resources Advisory Board is reviewing the Town’s great ponds and is seeking homeowner input in its preparation of a management plan for these ponds.  These ponds are within the Gull Pond and Great Pond complexes plus four others.

All but one of these ponds in Wellfleet lie within the CCNS.  Under state law, towns have jurisdiction over great ponds within their boundaries.

The NRAB has identified several issues for the management plan, including water quality, shoreline access, and shoreline and Town landing use.

NRAB Chairman John Riehl has written to homeowners on these ponds inviting observations, concerns, and suggestions for action.  Responses may be sent to him at Town Hall or delivered directly at an NRAB public meeting, which occur monthly at Town Hall.

Several studies regarding the feasibility, impacts, and funding of the Town’s proposed wind turbine near White Crest Beach are available on the Town’s website, as well as a map of the site.  They include a Preliminary Site Analysis by the UMass Renewable Energy Research Lab, a Feasibility Study by Black & Veatch, a Flicker [shadow] Analysis by the UMass Wind Energy Center, a PowerPoint presentation of the Funding Overview, and the 2008 Zoning Bylaw.

Several speakers raised questions about the proposed wind turbine to be built near White Crest Beach and about the CCNS’ position regarding the turbine.

See “Wind Turbine Plan Meets Resistance in Wellfleet“, by Kaimi Rose Lum, Provincetown Banner/Wicked Local:Wellfleet, November 29, 2009.