Conservation agent presents draft tree-preservation bylaw for fall Town Meeting

Sep 1, 2026

Ayer's conservation agent introduced a draft tree-preservation bylaw that would apply to site-plan, stormwater and OSRD projects, set a six-inch diameter review threshold and establish mitigation options and a mitigation fund for the fall warrant.

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Heather Hampson, the town's conservation agent, presented a draft tree-preservation bylaw the board may place on the fall Town Meeting warrant. Hampson said the bylaw targets development sites (site plan, stormwater and OSRD) and would apply only within the project's limit-of-work rather than to entire parcels.

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