Town of Sutton Selectmen Meeting Minutes

SUTTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 6:30 p.m.

Pillsbury Memorial Town Hall, Sutton Mills

Review minutes of March 8, 2023.

Financial Report

Trail Maintenance and Development

— Update on the KHR donation system

— Status of Keyser St/Penacook Rd parking lot owned by Muster Field Farm

— New KHR Map

— End of season report regarding snowmobile use at KHR

 

Wetlands Review

— Copy of letter from NHDES requesting more information regarding the Standard Dredge & Fill permit application from Lucas J. Brown Trust, Camp Kemah Rd, T/L# 02-448-231, replacement and repair of grandfathered dockage structures. NHDES file number 2023-00411.

— Copy of Standard Dredge & Fill Wetlands Permit granted by NHDES to J & R Sigua, 51 Penacook Rd T/L# 01-173-097. DES File Number 2022-03327.

Review of Intents to Cut and Logging Issues

— A and T Gaunt, Rt 114, T/L#s 04-194-527 and 06-311-022, 55 acres out of 89

— Greatwoods LLC, Eaton Grange Rd, T/L#s 01-338-510 and 3-406-095, 50 acres out of 238.1

New Business

Report from Saving Special Places and other webinars

ASLPT outreach representative for July

Old Business

— Update on road salt reduction.

Properties of Conservation Interest

Correspondence

— NHACC March eNews, with ideas for Earth Day activities, news of other concoms, notification of Climate Change training program on April 11, long list of grant opportunities.

Email from NHACC with opportunity to sign on to letter opposing the governor’s proposal to eliminate professional licensing and certification for foresters, soil scientists and wetlands scientists.

Email from NHACC with notification of Conservation Funding Sources webinar 4/6 and 4/7.

Forwarded email from Lake Sunapee Protective Association inviting community members to learn about a new molasses and magnesium chloride road de-icing process initiated by the Sunapee Highway Department.

Lakeside, quarterly publication of NHLakes, Winter 2023 issue.

Newsletter from the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge-Greenway Coalition (SRKG), Spring 2023.

Conservation News, newsletter of the Merrrimack County Conservation District, March 2023.

Forest Notes, magazine of the Forest Society (SPNHF), Winter 2023 issue.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 6:30 PM.