Let's walk the threatened Mack Point forest, (the green triangle in the picture) and document every little bit of wet wildness there. If we find more than 3 acres -including the harbor's intertidal flats that DCP is including in their impact zone, then the Army Corps of Engineers cannot grant them a "general permit" that requires no hearings or any input from the people at all.
Given that streams from far inland cut through the proposed stank farm and that there is much old growth soils, I think it is very likely to be much more wetlands than they identified - forested wetlands that can add up up to the amount of wetlands greater than 3 acres.
If so, that triggers the must-do-full-study requirement - which adds a year and more onto the application process . Remember it was by discovering that the state's consultants had fibbed about the amount of wetlands on Sears Island that the Sears Island containerport plans of McKernan and King were halted
Let's give it a look, shall we?
This is good news for all of us who oppose the tank. Can this be done before the Planning Board acts to approve? Thank you for all the good work. Ann (annjf1@gmail.com)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Realize that all we need find is a "smoking gun" that is,evidence proving Bring a GPS and register each the spot or denote it on a topo map whenever one sees wetland-specific plants, or wetland specific soil (these are easy to learn to ID). There are at least three intermittent streams running through that wood. By walking their channels from shore to top or vice versa we will find the wetlands if they are there.
ReplyDeleteRemember we don't have to be super authoritative; we're just laypersons gathering evidence so the experts can go in after.