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Select Board approves temporary log-landing access on town-owned Sherwood Forest parcel
Summary
After hearing from a forester who described prior successful use and safer access from Route 11, the Select Board approved a temporary road-access permit across town-owned Sherwood Forest property for logging. The permit requires removal of the access after work ends.
The Select Board approved a temporary access permit to allow a log landing and timber removal from a town-owned parcel in Sherwood Forest. A forester explained the access had been used about a decade ago, described improvements made previously (rock and clean-up), and said the location offered safer access onto Route 11 compared with other options.
A board member moved to approve the temporary access across the town-owned parcel, with the understanding that the access would be removed at the completion of logging and that staff (the road foreman) would inspect the site after work finished. The forester who spoke described prior maintenance of the access and credited the earlier work for minimizing impacts: "He used that access to bring wood out. It worked out very well." The motion passed on a voice vote.
The board recorded the parcel ID on the record and asked the forester to notify town staff before beginning operations. The approval was framed as a temporary, revocable permit tied to performance and removal obligations rather than a permanent easement.
