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Board - committee - commission - Council: 2021 APR 27 AM 5: 52
Town Forest committee
Date: 2021-03-09 Time: 7 PM
Building: Location: ',
Address:
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members- Present:
Thomas Gardiner, Nancy Docktor, Kurt Habel, Jeff Lamson, Brian Scouten,
Rick Wetzler, Dan Ford, Bill Sullivan
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Jane Kinsella, DPW; Chris Cole, DPW; Martha Moore, ConCom; Will Finch,
Trails Com; Susan Bowe
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic.
• Pine Tree Die-Off
o Discussed potential grants that may help fund dead tree removal and
replanting. Department of Conservation & Recreation has some grants
such as the Community Forest Stewardship Grant. Further discussion with
DCR is required.
o Phased removal of dead trees is most feasible as the area of tree die-off is
too extensive to be addressed at one time.
o Reviewed forestry consultant Phil Benjamin's 3/8/21 letter(attached) with
his recommendation on which two areas to address first.
o Invite P. Benjamin to next Committee meeting to discuss his letter.
• TFC webpage needs updating:
o Edit front page to show the mission statement, current and future projects,
on-line group use application, calendar and deletion of out of date
information.
o Jeff L. and Nancy D. to take the lead.
• Discussed DPW/Conservation Tree Policy. Minor edits recommended.
• The 9o'^Anniversary Celebration was rescheduled to 9/25/21 due to COVID.
Kurt H. and Nancy D. have started reaching out to speakers.
• Approved minutes to 1/12/21 and 2/16/21 TFC meeting
• Next Meeting: scheduled for 4/13/21 at 7:00 pm
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