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Commission directs contractor to crush boulders, plant cover crop and coordinate longer-term restoration at Breakneck Hill Farm dump site
Summary
The Conservation Commission directed the contractor working at Breakneck Hill Farm to crush most on‑site boulders for subgrade use, seed an interim cover crop, maintain a protective fence and coordinate staged restoration and meadow replacement with the Stewardship Committee.
The Conservation Commission and stewardship volunteers reached a consensus on a restoration approach for the former dump area at Breakneck Hill Farm during a March 27 meeting. The Commission accepted stewardship’s recommendation to prioritize an initial cover-crop approach and active invasive-species management before large-scale shrub/ tree plantings, and directed the contractor to crush most on-site boulders for use as subgrade fill rather than placing a continuous boulder boundary along the property line.
Stewardship (Joyce Greenlee and Freddie Gillespie) told the Commission a rapid planting of shrubs risks…
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