Topics Featured In The Plan:

• Runoff has the potential to introduce pesticides and other chemicals into local water bodies which then exposes humans and animals to dangerous pollut...
• Climate change will [ultimately] require communities to be able to perform all aspects of emergency management (i.e., mitigation, response, or recover...
• Community Health
• Fire management.
• The Bay Scallop and other shellfish are a critical sustenance food and economic resource for the Tribe.
• The cranberry bog/tribal wetlands have significant cultural relevance for the Wampanoag people.
• Affordable Housing
• Management of tidal great ponds (Menemsha and Squibnocket) helps to protect dunes and water quality, enhance shellfish health and production, understa...
• Invasive species pose a threat to a number of important Tribal assets, including the cranberry bogs, local flora and fauna, and the community’s overal...
• Eelgrass beds benefit the surrounding ecosystem and the Tribe by providing valuable breeding and nursery grounds for lobsters, crabs, and scallops, st...
• The resilience vision for the herring and Herring Creek focuses on sustenance and food, cultural usage of the land, and environmental health.