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Norwood allows limited equipment use, additional tree removals for Meadowbrook bank stabilization
Summary
The commission authorized a written minor‑amendment approval to allow track‑mounted aerial lift equipment at three set points on town easement and to permit removal of additional small trees (increase from ~31 to ~40) for Meadowbrook bank stabilization, citing worker safety and minimal impact measures.
The Norwood Conservation Commission on March 5 directed the conservation planner to issue written documentation approving a requested minor amendment to the Meadowbrook bank stabilization project, allowing limited equipment use for tree felling and adding a small number of additional tree removals.
Project background: the work is part of a roughly 1,000‑linear‑foot bank stabilization and stream rehabilitation downstream from Murphy Field. The project team had previously secured an Order of Conditions in February 2024 and returned in December 2024 to discuss timing of tree felling to comply with anticipated seasonal work restrictions tied to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listing for the tricolored bat.
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