Officials take drastic action as worsening crisis threatens iconic beach shack: 'We can retreat'

Officials take drastic action as worsening crisis threatens iconic beach shack: 'We can retreat'

Rising sea levels have continued to impact coastal communities across the globe. This includes Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, which is now taking drastic measures to adjust to encroaching waters.  What's happening? As reported by Nantucket Current, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation is relocating a 50-year-old ranger shack on the Coatue Wildlife Refuge because of sea level rise and an uptick in severe storm activity.  The ranger station on …