Wednesday, November 02, 2011

How Healthy is Wellfleet Harbor?

For nine years Wellfleet Elementary School has hosted the State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference. The 2011 date is November 5. The goal of this free conference is to provide the community with information about current and ongoing research, monitoring projects, and issues related to Wellfleet Harbor and its watershed. For more details, go here.

This year I contributed some blog photos for the informal slide show during the breaks. Here's what was requested: "We are looking for any kind of photo that shows the resources and landscape of Wellfleet Harbor and people using it appropriately."

For those of you who follow the NStar issue, know that I suggested, in August, that Professor Craig Slatin from Lowell be invited to speak on the probable contamination of the Cape Cod aquifer by NStar, and was told my suggestion came too late, that the speakers for 2011 had already been chosen. Hopefully, if enough of us show interest, perhaps our sole-source aquifer will be included in 2012, the 10th year the conference will take place.

One appropriate use of the harbor has become walking beside the marina. Sven and I love this walk. The view is constantly changing. We have noticed, of late, an increase in the number of benches. Pedestrians often sit and rest a while. It's always fun to discover the inscriptions on new memorial plaques. When we read about the man who swam with dolphins in 1950, we always remember our friend Brewster Fox. The plaque above speaks to the love that unites families. Have you ever walked around the marina? Do you have a favorite walk that you never grow tired of? Would you like to have your name on a memorial bench?

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Nice pic, the top one... ;-)
I've never been to your marina, but I do enjoy taking walks in the parks near my home. I also really enjoy a nice walk with my dogs on our country lane.
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I like that plaque. always good ro remember friends, famliy, and love.
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The plaque holds a nice meditation, you know? The photos above it are gorgeous...so serene.
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Hi, Merr. Yes, I thought whoever commissioned this memorial plaque did a particularly good job with the meaning. And, yes, Wellfleet marina is a great place for meditation when the harbor is calm.
The walkway into our town library has bricks you can have carved (? etched? not sure what you call it) with your name or a loved one's name. Behind the library is an arboretum and you can have a tree named for someone. Books are such an important part of my life and I love trees that I often think that would be a memorial that would work for me.
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Austin has a wonderful hike and bike trail where people commemorate friends and family members with benches and plaques. What a great way to be remembered.
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We have a lot of benches and plaques on walking paths around these parts, too. I love seeing the names, some familiar and some new to me. So many of these folks have poured their lives and hearts into the community, and it's great to see them remembered - and to remember them - as I wander around northern Michigan.
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So do the elementary school kids get involved in this project or does the school just offer the building for it--I wasn't sure. Sounds like a great project for kids to participate in.
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Kristen, I think the space is used, but the kids are not involved. Sounds like a good thing to suggest for 2012!

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