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State-required surveys delay three water-crossing permits after threatened plant found
Summary
Norwood trails volunteers and staff said state environmental reviewers require targeted surveys after the presence of a threatened wetland plant was documented along proposed crossing sites. Committee members said two consultant bids are under review and CPA grant funds will cover outside consulting.
Norwood — Members of the Norwood Trails Advisory Committee said this week that three of the water-crossing permits they planned to bring to the Conservation Commission have been delayed after state reviewers identified habitat for a threatened plant species.
The committee’s volunteers and staff said the discovery — identified in the permitting files as habitat for a Longs Bulrush (a threatened wetland species) along parts of the Neponset River corridor — triggered a requirement for field surveys by qualified biologists before the state can clear the crossings for permitting.
That requirement matters because the crossings are part of a…
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