Bradford Conservation Commission Meeting Notes
Date: February 15, 2011
Time: 7pm
Location: Brown Memorial Library
Present: Meg Fearnley, Brooks McCandlish, J. Ann Eldridge. Absent: Carol Meise, Perry Teele, Nathanial Bruss, Andrea LaMoreaux, Amy Blitzer (alternate). Seth Benowitz present.
Secretary’s Report: Draft minutes from December 21, 2010 read. There was no meeting held in January due to inclement weather that night.
Treasurer’s Report: Our accounts earned interest in January.
Seth Benowitz came to the meeting to bring conservation easement monitoring report for the Bradford Bog and Bradford Springs Hotel Site easement. Perry assisted in finding boundaries. Nathanial to sign.
Correspondence/workshop announcements:
· NH Annual Land Conservation Conference ‘Saving Special Places’ will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Kearsarge High School in Sutton.
· UNH ecology and identification of NH’s shrubs and vines with wildlife value, Feb. 23 or Feb 25 or March 3…see Ann for details.
· Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series – March 1, 15, 29 Various aspects of the historic Weeks Act and the White Mountains. At Fox State Forest in Hillsborough.
Planning Board: The Planning Board may ask DES to come to a meeting to discuss groundwater protection. Conservation Commission to attend. Updates of the Natural Resource Inventory and maps will be appropriate for discussion.
Review wetland permits/issues:
The property of Naomi Payne will be visited when snow abates to confirm culvert placement.
Update of NRI: Chapter on Groundwater reviewed. Minor changes suggested. Calls to various state agencies to be made to get latest information on contamination threats and public wells.
Snowshoe hike on Battles Farm discussed. Saturday February 19, 1pm. Posters printed and to be distributed. Mailing to landowners with information on easement to be sent this week.
Adjourned: 8:30 respectfully, J. A. Eldridge