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Chase Brook Town Forest work plan includes surveys, signage and pollinator collaboration
Summary
The commission outlined planned Chase Brook expenditures including $4,000 for ecological and vernal-pool surveys, $2,000 for interpretive signage, and a small pollinator donation; a 2025 management-plan update and invasives work were also noted.
Commissioners reviewed specific planned investments at Chase Brook Town Forest, including a proposed $4,000 allocation for ecological and vernal-pool surveys and $2,000 for interpretive signage at the McCullough Barn and town forest. The minutes list a $300 donation toward pollinator work in collaboration with Bee the Change to cover tarps, guidance, seed and interpretive signage, and a $1,000 allocation for Birdseye Forestry services.
The minutes record earlier 2025 expenditures at Chase Brook, including a management-plan update ($2,225) and allocation of invasives-management and seed costs ($1,660). Commissioners emphasized survey work and an updated management plan as priorities to show the community anticipated costs as reserve funds are applied.
