Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission has the following powers and duties:

1. Mt. Pisgah Community Conservation Area. The Commission shall advise the Town Council regarding all matters relating to the MPCCA.
2. Research and Coordination. The Commission shall conduct research in conjunction with the Planning Board, into the local land access and shall seek to coordinate the activities of conservation bodies organized for similar purposes.
3. Information. It may advertise, prepare, print, and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which it deems necessary within the limits of any funds appropriated for that purpose by the Town Council or otherwise acquired. 
4. Index of Open Areas. It shall keep an index of all open areas, publicly or privately owned, within the town, including open marsh lands, swamps and other wet lands, for the purpose of obtaining information, pertinent to proper utilization, protection, development, or use of these open areas and may recommend to the Town Council or any town body or board, or any body politic or public agency of the state a program for the better utilization, protection, development or use of these areas which may include the acquisition of conservation easements.
5. Land acquisition. It may, with approval of the Town Council, acquire land in the name of the Town for any of the purposes set forth in section 4.
6. Gifts. It may, with the approval of the Town Council, receive gifts in the name of the Town for any of its purposes and shall administer the same for such purposes subject to the terms of the gift.
7. Records and Annual Report. It shall keep records of its meetings and activities and shall make an annual report to the Town to be published as part of the annual town report.