CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING

DATE: March 11, 2009

MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Cook, Brett St. Clair, Darlene Jarvis, George Holt, Ron Jarvis, Stan Sowle

Alternates Present: Mel Gendron, Jim Stone, Margaret Watkins

MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Lavey

Alternates Absent: None

MINUTES: February’s minutes were accepted

OLD BUSINESS:

Monthly Conservation Commission (CC) hike

Brett St. Clair led February’s hike in the Kimball Pond Conservation Area. Four Commission members snow shoed up Whipple Road to the foundation of the Whipple homestead and returned to the boat launch by way of the Great Meadows and Kimball Pond. A few trees were cleared from Whipple Road that probably had been damaged in December’s ice storm.

Larry Cook will be emailing monthly hike information to interested townspeople. Currently 132 residents have signed up to receive the notices.

“Merrimack River Watershed Wetlands Restoration Strategy” meeting

Larry Cook and Margaret Watkins attended the informational meeting in Manchester, NH. Some grants will be available in the future through this program. Unfortunately a Town will probably need to hire a qualified consultant in order to determine the cost of a project before applying for grant money.

NEW BUSINESS:

Saving Special Places 2009

The Society for the Protection of NH Forests is sponsoring a workshop on April 4, 2009 in Gilford, NH. Margaret Watkins volunteered to attend. A motion to cover the cost of the workshop out of the Commission’s operating budget was made by Mel Gendron and passed unanimously.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Received from the Planning Board – Notice of Decision approving the 2 lot subdivision proposed by Gerald Gelinas (Gorham Pond Road)

Received for the Planning Board – Notice of Decision approving the proposed lot line adjustment between Lot H3-01-3 and H3-01-5 (Dunbarton Historical Society and Robert and Ellen Allwood, Stark Highway North)

Received from Scott Warriner, tenant – report on the condition of the rental property (former Nassikas homestead)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 14, 2009 (Saturday) – Monthly CC hike, meet at Holt’s sugarhouse at the end of Alexander Road at 9:00 AM. A tour of the sugarhouse will be followed by a hike into Clough State Park

NEXT MEETING: April 8, 2009, 7:30 PM

AGENDA:

Eric Masterson, Executive Director of the Piscataquog Land Conservancy

Other business

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Darlene M. Jarvis