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Committee debates nature-based solutions versus armoring; seeks Cape Cod Commission input
Summary
Members discussed trade-offs between nature-based approaches (dune restoration, eelgrass) and hard armoring (rocks, groins), noting localized benefits may cause erosion elsewhere. They asked that a Cape Cod Commission representative be invited to present resources and mapping.
Committee members debated nature-based coastal resiliency options versus traditional armoring and agreed to seek external expertise. One member said some presentations called proposed approaches "a hybrid, but they are armored," and warned that private revetments and groins can change sand migration and produce downstream erosion.
Members identified the Cape Cod Commission and the Center for Coastal Studies as mapping resources and suggested inviting a Commission representative (Mike McGee was named as the town's Commission representative) to explain regional studies and available data that could inform local decisions about dunes, groins, and cooperative town-level strategies.
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