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Conservation commission reports 29-acre purchase off Perry Oliver Road; $350,000 state grant pending

5063904 · February 13, 2025
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Budget Review Committee members reviewed the Conservation Commission’s operations budget and discussed a recent 29‑acre land purchase off Perry Oliver Road tied to a $350,000 Land for Maine’s Future grant that the select board has not yet accepted. Committee approved the commission’s $12,700 operations budget.

The Budget Review Committee discussed the Conservation Commission’s recent 29‑acre purchase off Perry Oliver Road and a pending $350,000 grant from Land for Maine’s Future to cover the acquisition and related work.

Committee members approved the Conservation Commission’s operations budget at $12,700, and commissioners described a modest increase in trail‑maintenance spending to cover new trails, parking area work and additional materials.

The commission said the newly acquired parcel — identified in Commission documents as part of an "Eastern Trail / New England Cottontail" project — will be managed to…

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