Nantucket News
SELECT BOARD IGNORES CONCOM’S CONCERNS RE MOU
On March 23, 2022, the Nantucket Select Board (SB) voted to adopt a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SBPF aimed at expanding the geotubes in Sconset. The Nantucket Conservation Commission (ConCom) had written two letters (one to the SB and one to SPBF), urging the SB to reject the MOU and offering a different path to solving the problem in Sconset. Although those letters are now part of the public record, at the recommendation of the Town’s lawyer, the SB refused to post them on the Town’s website.
Here are the letters.
August 2021
This year's State of the Coast report from the Trustees of Reservations focuses on potential impacts of sea level rise and storm surge on Nantucket (and Martha’s Vineyard and Gosnold islands) as well as possible responses. Here’s the link to the Trustee’s website, where you can download a pdf of the full report.
Erosion event claims Cisco Beach property
September 2020
Erosion event claims Cisco Beach property
February 2020
In February, 2020 the Civic League hosted an informative forum about coastal resiliency on the island.
Nantucket Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee
The Nantucket Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee (CRAC) has held a series of public meetings as its members have been studying the situation on island. There are videos of the meetings. You can find them on YouTube by searching for “Nantucket Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee”.
WORCESTER Polytechnic Institute Study
In 2019 a team of students from WPI did an in-depth study of the situation in Madaket.