The commission provided a forum to balance the multiple interests in the region. An advisory commission was established with representation of local and state governments as well as the federal agency. The NPS worked with local governments to adopt zoning ordinance consistent with park’s purpose. National Park Service (NPS) faced the challenge of how to conserve the seashore’s natural and cultural resources and sense of place without displacing existing residents. However, they are also the places where people have long lived worked and played, and continue to be some of the most desirable land for development. ![]() The 43,500 acres in the park’s authorized boundary contain parts of six cape cod towns and over 600 owner occupied buildings.Īll over the world our coastlines are some of the most valued places to visit and enjoy. Also integral to this landscape are the fishing villages, summer places and communities that serve as a record of the region’s distinctive cultural character. The park’s 40-mile strip of beaches, ponds, bays and dunes is an iconic landscape that has inspired artists and attracted visitors as source of recreation and renewal. In 1961, the creation of Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts was an early testing ground for how to mesh a national park into living communities. ![]() Cape Cod National Seashore: Over Fifty-years of Landscape Scale Management Cape Cod National Seashore,
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