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Join the
Conversation and Help Chart
the Future for
Brewster’s Coastal Resources
All meetings will be held from 6pm to 8pm
at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main Street, (Rte 6A), Brewster
The Brewster Coastal Committee is sponsoring the following
community discussions to inform the development of the
Brewster Coastal Resource Management Plan:
Information about the topics to be discussed at each
meeting is available online at
http://brewster-ma.gov/committees-mainmenu-29/coastal-
committee/1943-brewster-coastal-advisory-group-report
Develop a Coastal Resource
Management Plan that establishes
a framework for future decision-
making about Brewster’s coast in
order to assist the Town in
meeting the diverse needs of the
community and adapting to
coastal change, sea level rise,
storm surge and shoreline
erosion.
Received state funding to
develop a community-based
consensus driven Strategy
Established Brewster Coastal
Advisory Group (BCAG)
23 members representing a
range of perspectives,
demographics and points of
view with in the community
BCAG included the members of
the Coastal Committee and
Liaisons from related Town
committees/groups
Plan process began with the
Development of a Coastal
Adaptation Strategy
Technical and Scientific
Analysis: Technical experts
presented data on coastal
threats faced by Brewster,
identified specific
challenges and issues town-
wide and landing-by -
landing, and helped frame
potential interventions and
actions to be considered
Town Survey: Town online
coastal access survey on the
use of public coastal
beaches in the ‘summer’
season.
Reached consensus on
estimates for future sea level
rise levels:
One foot of rise in 20 years
Two feet of rise in 40 years
Four feet of rise in 60 years
The large maps show the
potential impact on Brewster’s
coast of these three scenarios
Brewster Coastal Advisory Group:
Consensus Vision
The Town of Brewster will preserve
and protect the community’s
coastal resources and expand
access to its public beaches through
public consensus, and in ways that
preserve the natural habitat and
peaceful character of the coastal
environment and coastal
neighborhoods, respect the overall
coastal and land-based ecosystem,
and adapt to long-term projections
for coastal change.
Guiding Principles for Coastal
Planning
Access: Maintain and expand
opportunities for access to
Brewster’s public beaches
Natural Beauty: Protect and
maintain the natural beauty, non-
commercial, “small feel” of
Brewster’s coast, beaches, and
coastal neighborhoods.
Consensus-based: Provide for
public input and build community
consensus through all phases of
planning and implementation.
Adaptive: Recognize that the
changing nature of coastal
resources requires flexibility and
adaptive planning and
monitoring
Holistic: Protect the whole coastal
system and seek actions
appropriate to coastal projections
and community needs that build
on and enhance the coast as well
as the ecosystem as a whole.
Science-based, innovative, and
realistic: Seek long-term
solutions based on the best
available science that are
innovative, realistic, and
achievable; that work with
nature, build climate resiliency
and that are both
environmentally and fiscally
sustainable.
The Strategy also recommends:
Protecting and, where
possible, restoring resource
health and natural coastal
processes
Coordinating management
decisions among different
stakeholders
Evaluating progress
Brewster Vision Plan-Coastal
Management
Goal: In the context of coastal change,
preserve and protect Brewster’s coastal
resources and expand public access