Belchertown Conservation Commission
Administrator: LeeAnne Connolly, Email: lconnolly@belchertown.org
Address: Town of Belchertown,
2 Jabish Street, P.O. Box 670 Belchertown, MA 01007
TOPPING FARM PLEDGE FORM -2008
Open Space Plan 2007 (Updating)
View Wetlands Brochure
Wetland Regulations Final May 23, 2006
Wetland Regulations Summary of Revisions
For detailed wetland maps click here
Go to Filing Forms and Information
Duties of the Commission
Voluntarily serves a three Year (Overlapping) Term; Commission consists of seven members, and meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month. The Conservation Commission is specifically charged with the protection of the community’s natural resources. The Conservation Commission also advises other municipal board and committees on conservation issues relating to their areas of responsibility.
The Commission is empowered to administer and enforce the Wetlands Protection Act, as well as the Belchertown Wetlands Bylaw and Regulations. The Commission has prepared an Open Space and Recreation Plan outlining Belchertown’s natural and recreational resources as well as goals and objectives for protection and promotion of these resources. Thus, the Commission serves the community in a regulatory, as well as planning and advisory capacity, to focus municipal concern on environmental issues.
SCARBOROUGH BROOK CONSERVATION AREA
SCARBOROUGH BROOK HOUSE AND BARN
Topping Farm Property
A Self-Help Grant Proposal submitted to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Submitted by the Town of Belchertown
July 27, 2007
Stream running through Topping Farm Property
