SUTTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 @ 6:30 p.m.

Pillsbury Memorial Town Hall, Sutton Mills

Appointment 7:00 PM: Ruth Edwards regarding NHDES Wetlands PBN

Appointment 7:30 PM: Joy & Joe Kubit regarding the Kearsarge Climate Action program

Review minutes of April 12, 2023.

Financial Report

Trail Maintenance and Development

— Update on the KHR donation system

— Discuss what work is required on our trails

— Update on KHR maps

 

Wetlands Review

— Permit by Notification for work on Blaisdell Lake property.

– Discuss questionnaire from NHDOT regarding culvert replacement on Rt 114

Review of Intents to Cut and Logging Issues

— Steve Lord, Bum Carter Rd, T/L# 02-190-373, 25 acres out of 167, Tim Wallace, forester.

— M and C McAlister, Pound Road, T/L# 05-729-028, 109 acres out of 109, Dan Peterson, logger.

New Business

— Review revised Forest Management Plan for KHR.

— Ideas for plastic recycling/reduction.

— Ideas for an Educational Program for 2023

Old Business

— Update on road salt reduction.

— Turtle crossing signs.

Correspondence

— NHACC April eNews, with info on pollinator-friendly solar, news of other ConComs, grant opportunities, training programs, notice of NH Drinking Water Source Protection Conference.

– Email from NHACC with survey for conservation commissions.

– Email from NHACC with April 2023 legislative update

Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 14^th, 2023 at 6:30 PM.