Does anyone know where the video of this meeting is? I didn't see it on the PB website. Thanks!
On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM Barbara Peskin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Lincoln, > > Recently, the Planning Board had an opportunity to offer some protection > to wildlife in its decision-making regarding a site plan request to clear > 2.8 acres of healthy forest, undeveloped land, for a driveway. The plan > does not include a house at this time. One member of the Planning Board > supported clearing only for the driveway because that was practicable at > this stage, noting that our Bylaw 17.7.4a reads: “The landscape shall be > preserved in its natural state insofar as practicable...” The other four, > voting to approve clearing the full 2.8 acres, chose to bypass > preservation, preferring what they called the applicant's novel idea to cut > down the existing forest and strip the land to be replaced with a new > meadow and new kind of forest that would have mature trees in 20-30 years. > > Sometime this May or June, wildlife will be running and flying for their > lives from this 2.8 acres, near Chapman pasture, to other land and trails. > Please welcome them to your patch of land. > > If you find yourself in front of the Planning Board in the future for > either a neighbor's or your own proposal, please work with other residents > to protect the wildlife involved. It is up to each of us to watch out for > the living, existing wildlife calling Lincoln home. > > Thank you for your care of wildlife. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Barbara Peskin > > *My Moments in Nature Photo Gallery: barbarapeskin.com > <http://barbarapeskin.com>* > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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