Editors, Vineyard Gazette;
Regardless of how you feel about the transfer of “control” of the critical/valuable Norton Point Beach, I imagine all of us care that the best stewardship possible be in place. I am disheartened by recent articles indicating that The Trustees of Reservations, in giving up management to Edgartown, also suggest that grant-funded projects in process be suspended. It’s enough to make me question my annual monetary support to the Trustees.
While I wasn’t 100 per cent in support of the Trustees “losing” this to Edgartown, I ultimately only care about protection in perpetuity of this remarkable barrier beach. I’d expect no less from The Trustees of Reservations.
Lynn Vera
Oak Bluffs
This article appears in January 13, 2023.