Commission staff presented two forest-cutting plans for review during the meeting: a small harvesting plan for a 5.5-acre parcel at 34 Thresher Road and a larger cutting plan on Bennett Road near the Munson town line. The plans prompted discussion of overlapping state and town requirements, and Natural Heritage review flagged habitat concerns for the eastern box turtle and other sensitive resources.

The Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP) review included requested special conditions to avoid prohibited "take" of eastern box turtles, which the NHESP letter characterized as a species of special concern. The recommended conditions in the NHESP correspondence included restricting off-road motorized activity and planned harvesting to the November 1–March 31 window (preferably when the ground is frozen), minimizing soil disturbance, operating equipment on established skid roads and trails, clearly flagging habitat boundaries, and avoiding intentional soil scarification within priority habitat.

Commission members noted additional forester comments for the Bennett Road plan: restoring entrance stone walls if altered, restoring log landings at the completion of harvesting, using timber mats to stabilize wetland and stream embankments, and avoiding hiking trails where possible or crossing at right angles when necessary. Commissioners emphasized the plans still require the state forester's signoff in several cases and that some parcels fall within mapped natural-heritage priority habitat or near brooks and stream corridors that trigger additional review.

No final action to approve or reject the cutting plans was recorded in the minutes. Commissioners agreed they will await the forester's review and the NHESP conditions and that staff should ensure submitted plans include the forester's comments and required mitigation measures; the commission also discussed following up in spring after harvests to confirm stream-bank stability and site restoration.