Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe opposes machine gun range project at Joint Base Cape Cod
MASHPEE — The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe announced Friday its opposition to the proposed machine-gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
“We have to look at the long-range impact the project will have for Mashpee and the Tribe,” David Weeden, Tribal Council member and selectman for the Town of Mashpee, said in the statement.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council voted to oppose the gun range at a tribal council meeting on June 9, according to the statement.
The tribe opposes the project because of the proposed clearcutting of land as well as its location on a watershed protection area.
“Since Joint Base Cape Cod downsized, many areas on the base have slowly allowed needed habitats for wildlife to return,” the tribe statement said. “The proposed gun range will erase the progress made to restore these precious lands.”
The announcement came just ahead of a planned rally and press conference, sponsored by 350 Cape Cod and allied organizations, to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Forestdale Elementary School in Sandwich to try to stop the proposed gun range.
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