The shacks are extremely rustic, most with limited running water and electricity, and most of current lessees use outhouses.
NPS's release on the leasing opportunity adds: "The dune shacks are small, weathered, and often built on pilings to adjust for the ever-moving sand dunes surrounding these properties. The houses are remote, with no paved roads leading to them. Access is required by foot or by 4x4 vehicle along the park’s Oversand corridor. There is limited running water, plumbing, and electrical fixtures in most of the shacks.
Andrew Clemons told WBZ-TV that his family has been taking care of one of the dune shacks that’s up for lease since the 1970s. He said the government took ownership of the shacks by eminent domain in the 1960s and planned to demolish them before locals protested to have them saved in a 1989 legal battle.
The Provincetown Independent also claimed that the NPS is ignoring a 163-page agreement from 2012 that specifies how the shacks should be offered for lease and how leasing proposals should be evaluated. But Cape Cod National Seashore Administrative Officer Stacey Ferguson told the newspaper that they had the opportunity to have a say in the proposal criteria but chose not to – even though it differed from the 2012 agreement.
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