Farmington Conservation Commission on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Farmington Conservation Commission
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last updated: September 2022

The purpose of the Commission is to protect and promote the Town’s natural resource and to protect the watershed resources of the Town.

The Commission shall have the following duties and perform the following functions:

Prepare a program of conservation and open space protection for the Town of Farmington and in undertaking this program, conduct research into the local natural resources, open spaces, and areas of aesthetic value along with evaluating the uses thereof. Seek to determine areas within the Town of natural value, ecological importance, historic significance or aesthetic value. Seek to coordinate the activities of other bodies conducting studies, research and evaluation for similar purposes.
Keep an index of open space, public lands, swamps and wetlands within the Town.
Prepare, adopt, and from time to time review and amend, a conservation and open space plan, and submit said plan to the Planning Board for consideration as part of the Master Plan for the Town.
In the preparation of a conservation and open space plan, obtain information pertinent to the proper utilization of open areas in the Town, including public lands managed by the Town and by the State.
Protect open space and sensitive areas through the acquisition of interests in land and conservation easements by purchase or gift consistent with RSA 36-A: 4. In addition, the Commission may assist landowners with the costs of donating conservation easements.
Receive and acquire real and personal property, or interests therein, including money, subject to the provisions of Article VI, below.
Base conservation and open space plans as well as related programs, inasmuch as possible, on the concept of multiple, conservative use of natural resources and open space, and in accordance with terms set forth in the Master Plan of the Town.
Advise municipal agencies, the Selectmen, the Planning Board, private interests and the public as of the manner in which the objectives of the Commission may be accomplished. Make recommendations for the better promotion or utilization of natural resources and open areas of the Town.
Keep accurate records of meetings and actions, and file annual reports to be included in the annual Town report.
Subject to the conditions set forth in Article XI, hire such employees and appoint subcommittee or designate a member of the Commission to act as an agent to execute documents or take other such action which has already been authorized by the Commission as the Commission may from time to time require.
Inform itself of the ways and means by which its plans and programs may be achieved.

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