Urgent Letters Needed to Save Nantucket Sound
Letters are urgently needed to prevent a large-scale wind farm development, called Cape Wind, from being approved in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The project calls for 130 wind turbines each over 285-feet from ground to center-line of turbine rotor, covering 24 square miles of federal waters.
Nantucket Sound is sacred to the Wampanoag Tribe. Wampanoag means “People of the First Light” because they have sacred ceremonies which require an unobstructed view of the rising sun over Nantucket Sound. The sunrise rituals are also performed on the death of elders. Wampanoag off-shore burials would also be destroyed by the project. They have claimed the Sound as a Traditional Cultural Property and it has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
There are many other grounds to object to the Cape Wind Project, including environmental, safety and aesthetic. See Fact Sheet Below
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Stress in Your Letter: There is an alternative site called South of Tuckernuck Island. It has undergone federal review and can accommodate a project similar to Cape Wind with fewer impacts.
Before April 15th Write To:
John Fowler, Executive Director
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 803
Old Post Office Building
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 606-8503 achp@achp.gov www.achp.gov
