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Brewster Natural
Resources Advisory
Commission
Kimberley Crocker Pearson,
Chair
Amy Henderson,
Vice Chair, Brewster
Conservation Trust
Representative
Ron Essig, Brewster
Ponds Coalition
Representative
Pat Hughes
Chris Williams
Elizabeth Taylor,
Open Space
Representative
Peter Nielsen
Mary Chaffee,
Select Board
Liaison
Natural Resources
Department
Chris Miller, Director
Ryan Burch, Senior
Natural Resources
Assistant
Dave Johnson,
Natural Resources
Officer
Noelle Aguiar,
Conservation
Administrator/
Natural Resources
Assistant
atural Resources Advisory Commissio
1657 Main St., Brewster,02631
8964546
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
August 11, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Public Forum, Human Dimensions of Rebounding Populations
of Seals and White Sharks on Cape Cod
The Town of Brewster Natural Resources Advisory Commission will host an in-persor
public forum to present the results of a recent social science survey on the Human
Dimensions of Rebounding Populations of Seals and White Sharks on Cape Cod.
Public forum date: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Main Street (Route 6A)
Brewster, MA 02631
This collaborative project generated knowledge about the views and experiences of
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sidents, tourists, and commercial fishers regarding seals and sharks on Cape Cod.
Investigators used surveys to measure stakeholder beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions
of seal/shark interactions, management, and conflict mitigation strategies. Members
the project team will present the results and take questions from the public.
More information on the study is available here: https:/://sea�rant.whoi.edu/sealshark//sealshark/