Save Runway 4/22! Cut the trees.
Donation protected
It is time to cut some trees!
It has been a long journey from checking into the price to cut down trees north of runway 04 two years ago until today. We have made a great deal of progress. We have been able to get permission from both of the landowners of land in the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ), to cut trees. We have a permit from Natural Heritage to cut trees, (not during turtle season) of course. We have a plan with wetlands flagged in the RPZ. Our Plan has been included in the draft vegetation management plan update for KTAN. We have Mass. DOT aeronautics helping us with this submission and their consultant Stantec working on our behalf.
Now we need your help! Please consider what a great place this is for tail draggers, light sport and sport airplanes and how we would like to preserve this for the future.
We have spent almost $10,000. dollars to date. We would like to thank all who have given and participated. Our challenge now is to raise the funds to cut the trees. Unfortunately because they are in a wetland it requires machines on tracks that are low impact. If in fact we get substantial rain between now and November 1, it would also require mats be used. This makes the process very costly. The price could be as high as $35,000.00 or as low as $25,000.00 depending on how wet it is.
Remember we are a 501c3 so all money donated is tax deductible. Also we would consider donations of airplanes or cars or other valuables.
It has been a long journey from checking into the price to cut down trees north of runway 04 two years ago until today. We have made a great deal of progress. We have been able to get permission from both of the landowners of land in the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ), to cut trees. We have a permit from Natural Heritage to cut trees, (not during turtle season) of course. We have a plan with wetlands flagged in the RPZ. Our Plan has been included in the draft vegetation management plan update for KTAN. We have Mass. DOT aeronautics helping us with this submission and their consultant Stantec working on our behalf.
Now we need your help! Please consider what a great place this is for tail draggers, light sport and sport airplanes and how we would like to preserve this for the future.
We have spent almost $10,000. dollars to date. We would like to thank all who have given and participated. Our challenge now is to raise the funds to cut the trees. Unfortunately because they are in a wetland it requires machines on tracks that are low impact. If in fact we get substantial rain between now and November 1, it would also require mats be used. This makes the process very costly. The price could be as high as $35,000.00 or as low as $25,000.00 depending on how wet it is.
Remember we are a 501c3 so all money donated is tax deductible. Also we would consider donations of airplanes or cars or other valuables.
Organizer and beneficiary
Melinda Paine-Dupont
Organizer
Taunton, MA
Francis Nowak
Beneficiary
