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Barnstable Conservation Panel Approves Long Pond Sewer Expansion
Barnstable Conservation Commission clears Long Pond sewer plan, orders wetland restorations.
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Eastham panel orders removal of dune fence
Eastham Conservation Commission orders removal of an unpermitted dune fence and cites a second property for pond-buffer clearing.
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Barnstable panel sends $25-per-square-foot wetland fee to hearing
Barnstable conservation board debates sevenfold wetland fee hike, approves contested pond herbicide plan.
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Conservation Board Approves Six Projects, Continues Four
Mashpee's conservation board, now down to three voting members, unanimously clears a six-case hearing docket.
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Commission continues Covey Drive pool, pool project
Yarmouth Conservation Commission continues pool and addition project over tree-loss shortfall. Commissioner Bradford Bower pressed engineer Michael Avila of Meyer & Sons on why a 1,178-square-foot hardscape increase at 19 Covey Drive carried only 300 square feet of proposed mitigation.
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Commission fines homeowner, delays marsh study vote
Harwich Conservation Commission fines a homeowner, tables a marsh study, and stalls a Herring River dock.
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Conservation panel approves four Pleasant Bay projects
The Orleans Conservation Commission voted 7-0 on four separate projects near Pleasant Bay, clearing construction after months of redesign. Chair Drusy Henson pressed applicants on pool-chemical disposal, telling one team "the chemicals into the dry well, I think, is not a good thing."
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Conservation panel floats tree fund, orders plant removal
Chatham Conservation Commission floats tree fund, orders hydrangea removal from wetland buffer.
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Orleans board approves two Pleasant Bay boathouses
Orleans conservation board approves two Pleasant Bay boathouse overhauls after months of light-pollution debate.
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Barnstable Conservation Board Agrees to Raise Mitigation Fee to $25
Barnstable Conservation Commission agrees to raise its wetland mitigation fee sevenfold, from $3.50 to $25 a square foot. Conservation Administrator Ed Hoops said the rate hadn't changed since roughly 2006; a consulting wetland scientist told the board other commissions charge $25 to $30.
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