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Bow hunting season begins today, October 2, marking the start of deer hunting season on the Island. The public is advised to wear orange when walking in conservation areas where hunting is permitted. This year, deer hunting season runs Oct. 2 – Dec. 30. Bow and arrow archery is permitted between Oct. 2 until Nov. […]
A grant from the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program will help protect the Island’s land and water from climate change stresses and misguided land-use practices, according to a press release from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The $163,540 grant will allow implementation of several actions in the 2022 Vineyard climate action plan, “The Vineyard Way” (thevineyardway.org). […]
In its effort to encourage local farming, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank has issued a number of request for proposals (RFP) for agricultural land leases. As of Tuesday, the M.V. Land Bank is accepting proposals for agricultural leases for one acre at Featherstone Farm in Oak Bluffs, one acre at Chilmark’s Tea Lane Farm, in […]
To the Editor: Moving to Oak Bluffs in the spring of 1999, I quickly became involved in the campaign to save the Southern Woodlands from becoming a golf course. As many may remember, that was a contentious journey, but thankfully the Land Bank stepped up and saved the precious woodlands. Reading the proposal from a […]