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Many protestors standing outside Forestdale School wore blue to represent water protection and the fragile “blue planet” they say would be harmed by the machine gun range.
More than 120 people opposed to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s plan to build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod gathered for a rally over the weekend.
Many of the activists, lawmakers, and parents who came to Forestdale School in Sandwich voiced concerns about the Guard’s proposal to clear-cut 170 acres of dense forest and place the range on a watershed protection area that provides drinking water to Upper Cape towns. Locals are also concerned about traffic, noise, and wildlife impacts.
/ The red outline on this map of Camp Edwards shows where the Army National Guard is proposing an eight-lane machine gun range. The surface danger zone, where projectiles could land, is highlighted in pink.
Local elected officials are emerging in droves to voice opposition to a proposed machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod.
In the last week, Barnstable County commissioners announced they would be exploring legal action, and a group representing 22 municipalities and 105 elected officials on the Cape and Islands added to the chorus of criticism.
Today, the commissioners voted to “authorize legal counsel … to draft and send a letter on behalf of the Barnstable County commissioners to the Environmental Management Commission and other appropriate agencies and officials outlining legal concerns related to the proposed machine gun range proposed for the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve.”