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Commission discusses regional invasives collaboration and potential 501(c)(3) to coordinate grants and small easements
Summary
Members flagged coordination and finance challenges for invasives work across partner towns and discussed creating an overarching 501(c)(3) nonprofit to enable grants, coordinate interns/payments, manage goat grazing options, and hold small easements.
The commission discussed ongoing collaboration with partner towns on invasive species control (notably knotweed), and the administrative and financial coordination challenges that collaboration raises, including grant management and intern payments. Members said forming an overarching 501(c)(3) nonprofit could enable access to grants that towns cannot receive, hold smaller easements under the minimum size for larger land trusts, and manage activities such as goat grazing (though goats are not currently used in Fayston).
Commissioners noted there is some mission overlap among organizations and said they are reaching out to Friends of the Mad River (FOMR) and other groups to explore structuring a coordinating nonprofit. The minutes characterize organizational redundancy as a challenge and call for continued conversations with environmental stakeholders.
