Committee advances procedures for implementing $100,000 Conservation Fund
Open Space Committee advances Conservation Fund implementation plan. The committee discussed procedures for the $100,000 Deerfield Conservation Fund, approved at the May town meeting and due to be spent by July 1, 2029. Committee Chair Julie Caswell noted that the Franklin Land Trust and state
Open Space Committee · Meeting of June 1, 2026
DEERFIELD — Open Space Committee advances Conservation Fund implementation plan. The committee discussed procedures for the $100,000 Deerfield Conservation Fund, approved at the May town meeting and due to be spent by July 1, 2029. Committee Chair Julie Caswell noted that the Franklin Land Trust and state Department of Conservation and Recreation have been notified.
The committee proposed a Conservation Fund Advisory Committee comprised of two Conservation Commission members and two Open Space Committee members to review applications and recommend funding decisions to the full Conservation Commission for final approval.
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Source: the Open Space Committee meeting of June 1, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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