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10/02/2024
To: Brittany DiRienzo, Conservation Administrator
Finn Kelley, Conservation Agent
1146 MA-28, South Yarmouth MA, 02664
Annual Monitoring Report Following Enforcement Order at 47 Mariners Lane
Dear Brittany and Finn,
On March 25, 2024, an enforcement order was issued to Stephen and Mary Hammond, the
owners of 47 Mariners Lane in Yarmouth Port for “unpermitted removal of vegetation within a
resource area – vegetated wetland”. As part of the enforcement order conditions, ELS was
contracted to produce a restoration planting plan that was accepted by the Yarmouth
Conservation Commission. In the Enforcement Order Conditions (Condition #8), it was also
required that the client provide three (3) annual monitoring reports outlining the status of the
mitigation plantings and the progress of the restoration. Below is a detailed breakdown of ELS’s
unbiased assessment of the mitigation plantings and regrowth of vegetation within the wetland
resource area. This is the first of the three required monitoring reports due by October 30, 2024.
Please see the attached report outlining the update to the project as of September 12, 2024.
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On September 12 2024, ELS
staff observed and took
photos of the mitigation
plantings at 47 Mariners
Lane in Yarmouth. All
mitigation plantings
installed were healthy and
regrowth in the area was
successful. The photo to the
right shows the area of
removals looking toward
Mariner’s Lane (electric
pole for reference. Many
native species such as
Goldenrod and Asters have naturalized on the site and filled areas of bare soil.
The photo on the left shows the area
along the road into the isolated
wetland. After one season of
growth, the area is growing nicely,
and the diversity of native plant
selections serves to increase the
wildlife habitat value of the site. The
wetland seed mix that has filled in
appropriately is predominantly
comprised of the Soft Rush (Juncus
effusus) and various native sedge
species that dominate the seed
area.
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The photo to the right shows a large
amount of Horseweed (Erigeron
canadensis) that has naturalized
along the edge of Mariners Lane.
With the heavy establishment of the
shrubs and germination of the
native seed, ELS will remove all
temporary irrigation in the Fall of
2024 and monitor the area
throughout the next two seasons.
Should irrigation be necessary we
will re-install as needed.
In summary, the mitigation plantings were successfully established over the 2024 growing season.
The 2024 enforcement order conditions require two additional annual monitoring reports and ELS
will submit them before October 30, 2025. If any significant changes occur with the plantings over
this growing season, ELS will ensure they are taken care of.
Best regards,
Tyler Gaudreau
Principal / Owner, Environmental Landscape Solutions, LLC