Belmont Master Plan

Conservation & Preservation

Summary progress 

07/01/01

NEXT MEETING     Monday, July 9, 6:30 p.m.  ?LOCATION

                             (preceding the 7:30 p.m. Planning Board Work Session,

                              Corner Meeting House)

Membership has changed and expanded since initial recruitment. See Town website (www.BelmontNH.org) for updated list. The Land Use office  has contact points for all members, including email addresses. Ken Knowlton presides as chairman.

Meetings have been held evenings of May 30, June 13 and June 28. The second meeting was called jointly with the conservation commission.

The sessions have been largely introductory – exchanging personal interests, possible goals and objectives, available information resources and familiarization with the Master Plan process.

At the group’s invitation, Candace Daigle joined one of the meetings for information, clarification and general scheduling background.

Core topics have been tentatively identified for individual research gathering and preliminary discussion/reporting.

Additionally, various organizational  resources have been identified for possible information and/or insight to establish a strengthened inventory of community conservation and preservation assets, challenges and potential.  Websites are listed for the convenience of other subcommittees

and community members. 

 RESOURCE INVENTORY – INTERESTS – ASSIGNMENTS   

Water resources  (lakes, ponds, aquifers)    M Condometraky,  K Knowlton

Historical (buildings, sites)     L Frawley,   ? S Roberts

Wildlife (flora, fauna)    J Marden, E Millette, D Crawshaw, N Caldwell

Education & marketing    N Caldwell, K Knowlton, L Frawley

Agriculture (tree farms, orchards, productive lands)   S Roberts

Conservation lands   S Roberts, M McLetchie

Archaelogical & special importance   K Knowlton

ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES

Belknap County Conservation District & Commission

Society for the Preservation of NH Forests     www.spnhf.org   (100 years old, leading advocates for development, legislation and funding of the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP)

Lakes Region Conservation Trust   www.lrct.org

Audubon Society of New Hampshire www.nhsudubon.org

 (operates Prescott Farm Audubon Center, Laconia and Loon Preservation Committee, Moultonborough)

New Hampshire Lakes Association    www.nhlakes.org

Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter    www.nature.org   (protects lands in Alton, among others because of rare species)

Sierra Club, New Hampshire Chapter   www.sierraclub.org

New Hampshire Preservation Alliance www.MV.com/ipusers/nhpreservation  (past recognition for the Belmont Mill project)

Trust for Public Land  www.tpl.org  (new Greenprint initiative)

Appalachian Mountain Club www.outdoors.org   (conservation research policy,  Boston-based, 125 years old)

NHResourceNet   (partnership with UNH, NH Office of State Planning, others - suggest check with C Daigle)

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation  nhcf.org (regional division Lakes Region Charitable Foundation includes Belmont leadership)

US Forest Service (Department of Agriculture)    www.fs.fed.us

US Fish & Wildlife Service (Department of Interior)