Conservation Commission assigns flood plain bylaw, forestry management to itself.
Conservation Commission assumes lead on flood plain bylaw and forestry management. The board, meeting jointly with the Select Board, unanimously accepted responsibility for drafting a bylaw to restore federal flood insurance eligibility to nearly 1.2 million dollars' worth of town properties lost
Conservation Commission · Meeting of February 17, 2026
RUTLAND — Conservation Commission assumes lead on flood plain bylaw and forestry management. The board, meeting jointly with the Select Board, unanimously accepted responsibility for drafting a bylaw to restore federal flood insurance eligibility to nearly 1.2 million dollars' worth of town properties lost after the town missed a July 8, 2025 deadline. Chair Melissa Danza stated the Commission would work from existing wetlands bylaws; four town properties are currently non-compliant with mortgage requirements.
The Commission also voted to develop a forestry management plan for undeveloped town-owned parcels. In applications, seven combined Notices of Intent for Woodside Avenue subdivision lots were continued to March 3, 2026.
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Source: the Conservation Commission meeting of February 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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