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Lakeville panel approves restoration plan for wetland behind 52 Clearpond Road
Summary
The Lakeville Conservation Commission approved a conditional wetland restoration plan for 52 Clearpond Road in response to an enforcement order, requiring updated plan language, agent/wetland-professional oversight and submission to Natural Heritage; work will include removal of accumulated wood chips and two years of monitoring.
Nancy Yates, chair of the Lakeville Conservation Commission, said the commission voted Wednesday to approve a conditional restoration plan for the wetland behind 52 Clearpond Road following a long-running enforcement action.
Steve Schmiel, the consultant presenting the plan on behalf of property owner Derek (identified in the record as the property representative), told the commission the proposal responds to an enforcement order issued in June 2025 for unauthorized dumping and filling. Schmiel said the plan calls for restoring roughly 26,000 square feet of bordering vegetated wetland and about 12,000 square feet of buffer zone, removing accumulated wood chips, replanting native trees and shrubs and installing a semipermanent barrier at the lawn edge to prevent future encroachment.
The commission pressed for clearer plan language and oversight. Mark Minton, the Lakeville conservation agent, was identified in the plan as the agent…
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