Contact:

Town Hall, 1 Main Street
Pepperell, MA 01463-1644
Tel: 978-433-0325
Email: conservation@town.pepperell.ma.us

Office Hours:

Mon. - Wed., 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday hours vary
(Office may be closed from time to time for on-site visits and other administrative duties.)

Paula Terrasi, Conservation Administrator

Commission Membership

Robert Elliott, Chair
Kristina Masterson
Linda Moody
Patricia Swain Rice
Jeffrey Sauer
Robert Rand
Peter Steeves

Conservation Information

Hunting season begins October 15 and continues through December 31 (no hunting on Sundays). Be safe. Avoid white clothing and wear blaze orange.

Commission Information

The Conservation Commission is Pepperell's steward for town-owned conservation land and local administrator of Massachusetts' Wetlands Protection Act. Working with land owners, the Commission ensures that our natural resources are protected and that construction and environmental alterations are accomplished in compliance with state laws. The Commission also works with and advises other Town bodies, including the Planning Board, Board of Health, and the Building Inspector's Office on natural resources issues and potential land conservation.

The Commission is made up of seven members, appointed by the Pepperell Board of Selectmen, serving three-year terms.

The Commission is pleased to provide Town residents information on recreational uses of town Conservation lands, conservation literature including Pepperell's Open Space & Recreation Plan (available for download here as a PDF, approx. 3.5MB), the 2010 Five-year Plan update to the Open Space & Recreation Plan (PDF 21KB), links to other conservation resources, the Town's Wetland Protection Bylaw, and applications and forms.

Meeting Information

The Commission meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. Commission meetings are open to the publicand include Public Meetings and Hearings relating to applications filed under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act. Legal Notices of these meetings/hearings are published before each Commission meeting in the Pepperell Free-Press. The deadline for filing applications to be included on the Commission's agenda is fifteen days before the desired meeting date due to the publishing schedule and deadlines of the Pepperell Free Press. This deadline can vary if a holiday changes the newspaper's publication schedule

Past meeting minutes and the agenda for the next meeting are available for review.

Meeting Notice Minutes   Meeting Notice Minutes
January 22, 2013 html PDF   February 5, 2013 html PDF
March 5, 2013 html PDF   April 2, 2013 html PDF
May 7, 2013        
         
 2012 Minutes archive
 2011 Minutes archive
 2010 Minutes archive
Meeting Notice Minutes   Meeting Notice Minutes
January 5, 2010 html PDF   January 19, 2010 html PDF
February 2, 2010 cancelled   February 16, 2010 postponed
March 2, 2010 html PDF   March 16, 2010 html PDF
April 6, 2010 html PDF   April 20, 2010 html PDF
May 5, 2010 html PDF   May 18, 2010 html PDF
June 1, 2010 html PDF   June 15, 2010 html PDF
July 6, 2010 html PDF   July 20, 2010 html PDF
August 3, 2010 cancelled   August 17, 2010 html PDF
September 7, 2010 html PDF   September 8, 2010 html PDF
September 15, 2010 html PDF   September 21, 2010 cancelled
October 5, 2010 html PDF   October 19, 2010 html PDF
November 16, 2010 html PDF   December 7, 2010 html PDF
 2009 Minutes archive
January 6, 2009 html PDF   January 20, 2009 html PDF
February 3, 2009 html PDF    
March 3, 2009 html PDF    
April 7, 2009 html PDF   April 21, 2009 html PDF
May 19, 2009 html PDF    
June 2, 2009 html PDF   June 16, 2009 html PDF
July 7, 2009 html PDF   July 21, 2009 html PDF
August 18, 2009 html PDF    
September 8, 2009 html PDF   September 22, 2009 html PDF
October 6, 2009 html PDF   October 20, 2009 html PDF
November 3, 2009 html PDF   November 17, 2009 html PDF
December 1, 2009 html PDF    
December 14, 2009 joint meeting with Planning Board html PDF
 2008 Minutes archive
January 8, 2008 html PDF   January 22, 2008 html PDF
February 19, 2008 html PDF    
March 4, 2008 html PDF    
April 1, 2008 html PDF   April 15, 2008 html PDF
May 20, 2008 html PDF    
June 3, 2008 html PDF   June 17, 2008 html PDF
July 1, 2008 html PDF   July 15, 2008 html PDF
August 5, 2008 html PDF    
September 2, 2008 html PDF   September 16, 2008 html PDF
September 30, 2008 html PDF    
October 7, 2008 html PDF   October 21, 2008 html PDF
November 18, 2008 html PDF    
December 2, 2008 html PDF   December 16, 2008 html PDF
 2007 Minutes archive
January 2, 2007 html PDF   January 16, 2007 html PDF
February 6, 2007 html PDF   February 20, 2007 html PDF
March 6, 2007 html PDF   March 20, 2007 html PDF
April 3, 2007 html PDF   April 17, 2007 html PDF
May 1, 2007 html PDF   May 15, 2007 html PDF
June 5, 2007 html PDF   June 19, 2007 html PDF
July 24, 2007 html PDF    
August 7, 2007 html PDF   August 21, 2007 html PDF
September 4, 2007 html PDF   September 18, 2007 html PDF
October 2, 2007 html PDF   October 16, 2007 html PDF
November 6, 2007 html PDF   November 20, 2007 html PDF
December 4, 2007 html PDF