Draft Bradford Conservation Commission Meeting Notes
Date: November 17, 2009
Time: 7pm
Location: Brown Memorial Library
Present: Brooks McCandlish, Meg Fearnley, J.A. Eldridge, Nathanial Bruss
Secretary’s minutes from October 20 meeting read and accepted.
Treasurer’s report: Interest was earned on accounts. Withdrawal for ½ payment to Northern Geomantics for draft maps of NRI will show up on next month’s report.
‘How to Make Your Town More Farm Friendly’ November 12 at Kearsarge Regional Middle School. Ann attended. Discussion of farming in NH. ‘Right to Farm’ law, RSA 432.33. Agricultural commissions explained. Soil capability classes and SPI Soil Potential Index defined.
Annual NHACC meeting/workshops on November 7, Concord. Nathanial attended the following workshops: NRI and conservation planning, Nitty gritty of conservation finance, changing farm landscape, land protection in Stoddard.
A follow up meeting with Selectmen planned to further explain warrant article on Senate bill 381. Beth McGuinn to be present.
January 26, meet with Planning Board, review of draft NRI (Natural Resource Inventory) maps.
Article to Bridge on NRI and survey. Also report on repairs at Bog and Dunfield Road to Rowe Mountain trail. Definition of a conservation easement.
Plan to meet first week of December to prioritize conservation areas in town based on information gathered to date on unfragmented landscape, rare species, water resources, etc.
LCHIP site visit to Battles Farm on December 4th.
Meeting adjourned just before 9pm. JA Eldridge