a. Aquaculture Regulations: On April 28th, the Select Board unanimously approved the adoption of the Aquaculture License/Shellfish Grants – Rules, Regulations, Requirements document. Initiated in 2015, this effort established a much-needed regulatory framework to guide and support current and future lease holders b. Beautify Brewster: i. The annual litter clean up covered approximately 26.58 miles of roadways, a quarter of a mile of our beaches, and a half a mile of the Bike Trail. A total of 1670 pounds of litter was picked up and responsibly managed as recycling or trash ii. Compared to the prior year, there were 500 more pounds of trash, however, due to repeated coastal storms, much wood debris was removed from our beaches, adding to the litter iii. There were 633 fewer nips (1486) and 136 fewer beer/soda cans (743) than 2024, continuing the downward trend from 2024.The data suggest continuing success of our January 01, 2024, nips ban iv. Select Board May 12,2025: Report recommendation on Artificial Reef (KCP)
a. Spring Town Meeting outcomes: Additions to IWRMP IV: Pond Management Plan i. Mapping of existing and potential septic systems within 300 ft of each pond to include all the ponds in the Water Resource Atlas for FreshWater Ponds, excluding small ponds in Nickerson State Park or deep in the Punkhorn, and ponds on town borders for which there are essentially no houses on the Brewster side - approximately 35 ponds ii. Calculation of number of all septic systems in groundwater recharge areas to these ponds (HW) iii. Development of implementation schedule for individual pond studies and Town-wide management strategies for protecting and restoring ponds (Pond Management Plan) (NRAC) iv. For the Herring River Watershed Permit, evaluation of pond benefits of proposed nutrient management options, i.e., impact on phosphorus loadings to ponds in the Herring River watershed (HW) v. Threat modelling for ponds with no water quality data: 1. Threats to ponds with no water quality data were assessed in IWRMP Phase I using a model developed by CDM 2. The model utilized a threat assessment for ponds with data as a predictor for threats to ponds with no water quality data 3. For IWRMP Phase IV: Pond Management Plan, a similar model could be utilized for ponds with no water quality data matched for size, depth, and land use parameters
