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Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes ? <br /> Y <br /> i t _ — PK <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: C <br /> ftNG iu Pi'I 9: iJ <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2020-02-04 Time: 7 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Lower Level Conference Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street <br /> Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Farrukh Najmi, William Sullivan, Thomas Gardiner, Nancy Docktor, Kurt <br /> Habel, Dan Ford <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Rick Wetzler, Michael Bourque <br /> Others Present: <br /> Mike Rogers DCR, Laura Dooley DCR Forester, Mary Ann Higgins Chair <br /> Garden Club, Jane Kinsella <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Najmi <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> • Review status of status of thinning project <br /> I The small amount of gravel on causeway was very helpful <br /> o A few people walked into work area despite abundance of signs <br /> o Use of scarification a machine is beneficial to White Pine regeneration <br /> o Rutting of the trail will get evened out over the course of a year <br /> o Planting native species under a proposed Eagle Scout project would be great. <br /> Try and find a nursery within 300 miles of Reading. New Hampshire state <br /> nursery is great place for bare root seedlings <br /> o Oak seedlings will need to be protected from Deer in plastic tubes <br /> o Any oaks, any maples, fig nuts, shag bark hickory, chestnuts are good. The <br /> Scout should run species list by Conservation Commission for plantings in the <br /> 100' wetland buffer zone. <br /> o Scattering seeds is great way to regenerate. People collecting acorns should <br /> do a float test and discard the floaters and only keep and plant the sinkers. <br /> Red oak requires a year to germinate while white oak takes off right away. <br /> Red oaks last 150 years White oaks last 1200 years. <br /> , Discussion 90th anniversary celebration of Reading Town Forest: <br /> o Date: Saturday 9/26/2020 <br /> o DCR representatives will attend <br /> o There should be a family / kid friendly track. Spread these events out <br /> throughout the day <br /> • Scavenger hunt for leaves where kids walk through forest and find a <br /> leaf that matches one they are given <br /> • Laura mentioned an Owl expert in Dunstable <br /> • bird walk, couple of woods walk <br /> Page 1 <br />
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