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Conservation commission sets 2025 outreach calendar and plans spring knotweed outreach
Summary
Members outlined early-2025 programming including attending the UVLT snowshoe in February, Earth Day logistics, guest-invitation plans, a proposal for regular parcel features, and a spring outreach letter to landowners to address invasive knotweed.
Members of the Conservation Commission discussed programming and outreach plans for early 2025, including attendance at the Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) snowshoe in February, Earth Day plans, guest invitations and a targeted invasive knotweed outreach campaign.
Commissioners assigned logistics and outreach tasks: Cody and Jennie are planning to attend the UVLT snowshoe; Jennie was asked to make an appointment with Cardigan; volunteers were solicited to provide snacks at a beach event and someone was asked to draft messaging to advertise Earth Day activities. Potential guests named for future meetings included Ben Kilham (possible summer appearance) and Peter Martin (invited for February, with the option of attending in person or by Zoom); a member identified as Jason was asked to invite UVLT to the February meeting.
The commission also discussed program ideas for 2025: routinely publishing photos and short essays about different conserved parcels and coordinating with the Hanover Conservancy on events or programming, with Jennie tasked to ask whether the commission could attend a Hanover Conservancy meeting. On the conservation-project side, members agreed to prepare a landowner outreach letter addressing invasive knotweed and to publicize that outreach through both digital channels and printed materials before spring.
Next steps: members will revisit these items at the commission’s February meeting, where scheduling details, volunteer sign-ups and guest confirmations are expected to be finalized.
