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TOWN CLERK
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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2019 MAY 22 PM 2: 31
Town Forest Committee
Date: 2018-09-11 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Location: Berger Room
Address:
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Farrukh Na1mi, Dan Ford, William Sullivan, Nancy Docktor, Rick Wetzler,
Thomas Gardiner, Kurt Habel
Members - Not Present:
Michael Bourque
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Najmi
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review of Town Forest health management plan
• Bill reported on email conversation with Phil Benjamin (forester).
• Kurt reported on conversation with DCR employees. NRCS (cost share)
program exists where town could pay 25% of cost and rest is state
funding. Explore if Phil Benjamin or Chuck Tyrone (Conservation
Commission) knows about process for applying for funding.
• Invite Selectman Barry Berman and Chuck Tyrone for next meeting to
discuss
• Discussion on climate change and increase in crawfish and rodents in
forest
2. Discuss dog behavior in Town Forest
• Reviewed and finalized draft of Nancy's article Consequences of Dog
Waste Mismanagement
3. Review of pending Boy Scout projects
• No Boy Scout projects were pending
4. Other business: Discussion on wasp nests on causeway in Town Forest
5. Approval of meeting minutes:
• Motion to approve 2018-06-14 minutes with corrections unanimously
approved
• Motion to approve 2018-07-17 minutes with corrections unanimously
approved
6. Next Meeting: Tuesday October 23, 2018 @ 6:00 PM
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