Conservation Commission

Townsend Conservation Commission continues two wetland hearings and approves emergency culvert maintenance at its July 22 meeting.

Townsend Conservation Commission unanimously approves ecological stewardship day near Harbor Pond, flags E. coli crisis at Adams Dam.

Townsend Conservation Commission unanimously approved temporary scaffolding over the Squannacook River to restore the 1790 Spalding Coombs Bridge at 1 South Street.

Townsend Conservation Commission reorganizes officers and pushes back on conservation restriction removal at a completed age-restricted housing development.

TOWNSEND — May 27, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission continues disputed wetland permit amid abutter complaints and hears invasive-species removal plan for Harbor Pond corridor. The commission voted 4-0 at its May 27 meeting to continue Notice of Intent DEP No. 308-0730 for the Zero Brookline Road property to

TOWNSEND — May 13, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend Abigail Farley for an open seat expiring June 30, 2026, while deferring action on a second candidate. The 4-0 vote, taken at the May 13 meeting, will be forwarded to the Select Board, which holds appointing authority; Brian

TOWNSEND — April 22, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission doubles fees for Historical Society after unpermitted tree removal at Harvard Church. The commission voted unanimously at its April 22 meeting to charge twice the standard amended order of conditions filing fee — $400 before a 75 percent nonprofit discount is applied — after finding

TOWNSEND — April 8, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission unanimously backs new Trails Alliance and snowmobile partnership in wide-ranging April 8 meeting. The commission voted four times unanimously to partner with the Townsend Trails Alliance, a newly formed 501(c)(3) led by Patrick Kwanczyk and Ron Sears, to issue a

TOWNSEND — March 25, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission continues a Brookline Road septic hearing after DEP flags an unpermitted pond. The four-member board voted 4-0 to push the hearing for Kevin Smith's proposed off-grid cabin septic system at 0 Brookline Road to April 8 after the

Townsend Conservation Commission issued orders of conditions for a septic replacement at 1 Balson Drive and a three-lot Seaver Road subdivision road at its March 11 meeting, while continuing two other hearings and issuing a negative three determination for a Brookline Street septic.