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Boiling Spring Lakes OKs trail cameras to protect relocated Venus flytraps
Summary
Amber Townsend told the board volunteers and the North American Sarracenia Conservancy will install and monitor up to four solar-powered cellular trail cameras at the Community Center pond to deter poaching; the city will not bear costs. The board approved the request 4-0.
Amber Townsend, representing the BSL Friends of Parks & Recreation and the North American Sarracenia Conservancy, asked the Board of Commissioners for permission to install cellular trail cameras around the Community Center pond “to protect relocated Venus flytrap plants from poaching.”
Townsend said the cameras would be solar-powered, cellular (no Wi‑Fi required), secured with cable locks, and monitored by trained volunteers and NASC board members, with incidents reported immediately to local law enforcement and wildlife officers. She emphasized the city would not bear costs or maintenance responsibilities; funding was donated by the owner of the BSL Motel.
Commissioner Todd Ausborn moved to approve the Friends group's request to install trail cameras at the Venus flytrap locations; Commissioner Teagan Hall seconded. The board approved the measure 4-0.
The cameras are intended to monitor planted areas and approaches only and not public recreational spaces such as benches, the disc golf course, or the nature trail, according to the presentation. If the board’s approval remains in effect, installation and monitoring will be conducted by NASC and volunteers under protocols for reporting suspicious activity.
