Trustees Hires New Chappaquiddick Beach Manager

Joseph McLaughlin joined the organization in late February after decades as director of properties at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Rhode Island, according to the Trustees.

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Trustees Lay Off One on Martha's Vineyard

The Trustees of Reservations announced Wednesday that it will be laying off 10 per cent off its staff statewide, including one staff member on the Vineyard.

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Trustees Management Questioned

The Edgartown conservation commission grilled The Trustees of Reservations Wednesday as the statewide land nonprofit continued its bid to renew its oversand vehicle program on Chappaquiddick.

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Edgartown Refutes Trustees Claims in Dike Bridge Dispute

After months of increasingly contentious correspondence, Edgartown town counsel has rejected The Trustees of Reservations’ claims that the land nonprofit does not own or have any responsibility to maintain the eastern side of the Dike bridge and aging bulkhead.

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Trustees Say Town Should Seek State Money For Dike Bridge

In a letter sent to the board Monday, Trustees attorney Dylan Sanders reiterated the organization’s longstanding position that the Dike Bridge is not under Trustees’ ownership, and therefore it is not responsible for funding any repairs.

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Trustees to Study Ways to Protect Poucha Pond Marsh

Roughly $155,000 in grant money will be dedicated to surveying a salt marsh around Poucha Pond and the bay side of Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge on Chappaquiddick.

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Edgartown Urges Trustees to Set Aside Money for Dike Bridge

The select board Monday sent a letter to the conservation commission, urging members to require the Trustees put a portion of oversand vehicle sticker sales toward the bridge’s estimated $4.3 million repairs.

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Trustees Seek Approval for Chappy OSV Trails

The land nonprofit has been the subject of considerable controversy recently as abutters, recreational beachgoers, and conservation officials dispute the Trustees’ management approach.

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Stakeholder Collaboration Key to Finding Solutions

My very first site visit as the new CEO of the Trustees of Reservations was to the beaches we own and manage on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Trustees Ordered To Fix OSV Trail Markers

The Trustees of Reservations is under scrutiny once again after the Edgartown conservation commission found the regional land trust failed to properly demarcate oversand vehicle trails.

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