On July 24, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted 16 to 5 to advance a rewrite of Section 106, the law that forces agencies to look at what they are about to destroy and to consult tribes and the public first. It is the process that saved the 10,000 year old site inContinue reading “Federal rule that saved the Nayyag site is being rewritten”
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Help Save the Pine Barrens
From our good friend Meg Sheehan: End the Destruction! End Deforestation! End the Desecration of Indigenous History! End the Threats to Our Drinking Water! Led by The Community Land and Water Coalition we will rally to Stop Sand Mining and Deforestation in Southeastern Massachusetts! – Join us, Turnout Matters! Date: Saturday, July 22, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: OutsideContinue reading “Help Save the Pine Barrens”
The Commonwealth is Back Big Time with New Proposed Legislation
And they are here to play the game with their rules, on their court. By changing the laws that protect Indigenous sites so that they never lose to the public again. My notes from two recent phone conversations: LEGISLATIVE BILL H.3982 WAS INTRODUCED TO FORM A “SPECIAL COMMISSION” WHICH WILL FORMALLY RECOMMEND CHANGES TO ALL COMMONWEALTH LAWS INContinue reading “The Commonwealth is Back Big Time with New Proposed Legislation”
Nayyag Preserve 