Organization: DUXBURY BEACH RESERVATION INC
Mission: PRESERVATION OF DUXBURY BEACH IN DUXBURY AND SAQUISH BEACH IN PLYMOUTH AND PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ON THE BEACHES. THESE ARE BARRIER BEACHES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE TOWNS OF DUXBURY, KINGSTON AND PLYMOUTH.
Activities: BEACH STRUCTURE: RESTORATION AND RESILIENCE - DBR STRIVES TO PROACTIVELY STRENGTHEN AND PRESERVE THE BARRIER BEACH THROUGH ANNUAL MAINTENANCE INCLUDING DUNE RENOURISHMENT AND REPAIR, COBBLE BERM RESTORATION, FERTILIZATION, PLANTING BEACH GRASS AND WOODY VEGETATION AND INSTALLING FENCING. LARGE-SCALE RESILIENCE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION WORK SERVE TO STRENGTHEN THE BARRIER BEACH. DBR MUST ALSO RESPOND TO STORM ALTERATIONS SUCH AS EROSION AND FLOODING IMPACTS AS NEEDED.
COASTAL ECOLOGY PROGRAM: THE COASTAL ECOLOGY PROGRAM INCLUDES VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, SPECIES INVENTORYING, AND MAINTENANCE OF MULTIPLE HABITAT TYPES - FROM ROCKY INTERTIDAL TO DUNES TO SALTMARSH. ONE ASPECT OF THE COASTAL ECOLOGY PROGRAM IS TO PROTECT THE STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES ON DUXBURY BEACH WHICH INCLUDES TWO NESTING BIRD SPECIES. DBR HAS AN EXTENSIVE AND COMPLEX MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, AND REPORTING PROGRAM IN ORDER TO PROTECT NESTING BIRDS WHILE ALLOWING RECREATIONAL ACCESS.
BEACH OPERATIONS AND ACCESS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS RECREATION AND BEACH ACCESS): DBR STRIVES TO MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. YEARLY ROAD GRADING AND REPAVING ALONG WITH CROSSOVER REPAIRS AND FENCING ALONG THE ROADWAY ALLOW FOR SAFE RECREATION. THE RESERVATION LEASES A LARGE PORTION OF THE BEACH TO THE TOWN OF DUXBURY. BEACH STICKERS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE TOWN FOR ACCESS TO THE PARKING LOTS AND THE OUTER BEACH FOR OVERSAND VEHICLES. THE DUXBURY BEACH OPERATIONS DIVISION MANAGES THE PEOPLE AND VEHICLES ON THE BEACH. MOBILITY MATS ARE INSTALLED ON PATHS LEADING FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE BEACH TO ALLOW MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITH CONDITIONS THAT LIMIT THEIR MOBILITY.
NTEE category: Environment
Secondary category: Animal-Related