Natural resources director reports multiple piping plover nests; targeted beach closures ordered
Erin Burnham told the Select Board that several piping plover nests hatched July 1 and that targeted access closures and bans on beach raking and ATV patrols are in effect until chicks fledge, likely in early August.
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Erin Burnham, the town’s natural resources director, told the Select Board on July 8 that Crow’s Pasture currently supports seven pairs of piping plovers and that two active nests there hatched on July 1. She said the town closed recreational off‑road vehicle access at Crow’s Pasture on June 30 because the nests were near an access road and aquaculture grant holders’ routes, and she warned that a nearby east‑side access will close after low tide on July 13 if nests there hatch.
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