The locations of the nesting sites have left about four-tenths of a mile of narrow beach open to off-road vehicles from the gatehouse entrance at Katama to the first nest. It is that time of the season when The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) must juggle public demand for access to some of the Island’s finest fishing beaches with state and federal requirements to protect nesting shorebirds.Ĭhris Kennedy, TTOR Martha’s Vineyard superintendent, said that this has been a very good season for birds, particularly along Norton Point Beach, which has double the number of nesting plovers - eight pairs - that nested in 2015, and large numbers of terns. 01-16-103 when referencing this project.” Only then will we begin to make on-the-water changes to aids to navigation, and in no case would any of these changes take place before Nov. Kondratowicz said, “We will carefully consider all comments submitted, and adjust our proposal if warranted. LeBlanc, chief of the Waterways Division, at 40, or Mr. “I appreciate and support the good work of the USCG, and hope you will reconsider some of these proposed changes.”īoaters have until the end of June 30 to chime in on these proposals. “Other proposals to eliminate gongs and whistles, etc., on other existing buoys may have a cost benefit to the Service but - once again - will eliminate critical information for the navigator in poor sea conditions and put the boating public in a heavily trafficked area at risk. I regard Robinsons Hole passage on a par with or exceeding the risk factors of Woods Hole. As it is now, I can judge how to proceed and accommodate other vessels in that narrow passage, based on the types of information (such as velocity of current) the buoys provide. Given the treacherous current and landward rocky protrusions in Robinsons Hole and the lack of speed over the ground of my otherwise sea-kindly hull, it would be dangerous and foolhardy for me to attempt a passage there were the USCG to remove the buoyage as proposed. My navigational aids include a compass, a foghorn, and an anchor. “I write as a 73-year-old with a 19-foot sloop which I sail on a regular basis between New Bedford and my home port, Lake Tashmoo on Martha’s Vineyard.
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