Respondents report that the most appropriate uses for
this site, if acquired as openspace, would be to use it as a wildlife
preserve with hiking paths or for a setting/picnic area. Open-ended
responses (see below, Question 6) indicate that respondents may have
been answering questions for Fort Ninigret itself, and not the views
across Ninigret Pond. This site ranked third in the analysis
of time spent at survey sites, suggesting that people value accessibility
to openspace around Ninigret Pond. Wildlife preserves with hiking
trails and setting/picnic areas are clearly preferred uses for these
sites. However, further alterations to these environments are not
preferred. The longitudinal
analysis of residence time found that, while valued highly by
all residence cohorts, this is the third most important site for potential
openspace amongst respondents who have lived in Charlestown 0-3 years
and 11-20 years. The longitudinal
analysis of respondent age found that this is the second most
important site amongst respondents 21-40 years old and 51-60 years
old.
| 2. How
familiar are you with this site? |
|
1
|
Not familiar |
|
| 21
|
Somewhat
familiar |
| 32
|
Very familiar
|
|
| 3. Do
you spend time here? |
|
|
24
|
Yes |
|
| 31
|
No |
|
| 4. Do
you drive past this site often? |
|
34 |
Yes
|
|
| 20
|
No |
|
| 5. Listed
below are two statements about this site. Next to each statement
are five numbers representing different levels of agreement or
disagreement. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with
the statements. |
|
- If I moved
away from Charlestown, I would miss this site.
|
| |
1 |
Strongly
disagree |
|
3 |
Disagree |
|
9 |
Neutral |
|
17 |
Agree |
|
25 |
Strongly
Agree |
|
|
| |
1 |
Strongly
disagree |
|
0 |
Disagree |
|
1 |
Neutral |
|
18 |
Agree |
|
25 |
Strongly
Agree |
|
7. Compared with
other sites in Charlestown, how important is it to have this
land protected as open space?
|
|
Not
important at all
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Very
important
|
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
8
|
25
|
|
| 8.
Please indicate how much you would either support or oppose efforts
to use this site as a: |
|
Strongly
Oppose
|
Oppose
|
Neutral
|
Support
|
Strongly
Support
|
|
| ball
field |
26
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
| swimming
area-if possible |
16
|
13
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
| hunting/fishing
area |
16
|
12
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
| wildlife
preserve with hiking paths |
3
|
1
|
9
|
23
|
17
|
| wildlife
preserve where people are not allowed |
10
|
15
|
10
|
4
|
11
|
| setting/picnic
area |
3
|
4
|
10
|
26
|
10
|
| camping
area |
23
|
19
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
| |
|
6. What changes,
if any, would you make to improve this landscape?
- Leave as it is.
- Kind of nice as it is.
- Leave it alone and protect the water from any further contamination
from sewage.
- Build docks, waterway rights
- Install more markers to describe the significance of this
site to the history of Charlestown.
- Install more markers to describe the history of this site.
- Restore and better identify for visitors.
- Improvements should be considered along any body of water
such as Ninigret Pond to lessen the environmental impacts.
Shell fish fishing use to be a healthy past time. The pressures
of over use by the influx of summer visitors come at a environmental
cost.
- Keep it natural
- I have a problem with spending much money on lands that
are likely to be under water in fifty years..
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