Conservation Commission 8/8/23

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RICHMOND CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Meeting agenda, Tuesday August 8, 2023; 7:30 PM

As of December 2022 the RCC will meet in person at the town offices with a virtual presence.

You can join us in-person at the Town Offices 3^rd floor, online using the link below or by calling in. You may use the "Join By Phone" number to call from a cell phone or landline. When prompted, enter the meeting ID provided below to join by phone. Please contact Josh Arneson at 802-434-5170 or at jarneson@ richmondvt.gov or Judy Rosovsky at 802-324-3473 or at  judy.rosovsky@ comcast.net with any questions on how to join this meeting.

Time: August 8th, 2023 at 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda:

Please note that times are approximate.

7:30 p.m. Public introductions and comments

7:35 Appoint minutes taker and approve June minutes; note July meeting was cancelled due to flooding

7:45 Additions, amendments to agenda

7:50 Update on ACFC and discussion of moving forward

8:15 Recommendation for replacement for Caitlin as RCC requested representative to ACFC committee

8:25 Consider how to thank Cailtin for her many contributions (EAB, work on ACFC)

8:35 Trails, farms and other areas - restoration post-flooding: how can RCC help?

            Johnny Brook Trail – still standing!

9:05 -  Discussion of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides. See this piece in the Boston Globe from this week (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/03/opinion/rat-poison-sgar-bald-eagles-owls/) and this piece written in May by the Vermont Audubon Society on the impacts of SGARs in VT (https://vt.audubon.org/news/are-we-burning-down-our-house-kill-rat-why-use-second-generation-anti-coagulant-rodenticides).

9:20 Matters arising

9:30 Adjourn

Minutes (formal or informal) are due at the town offices 5 days after any public meeting.
Please send RCC chair a draft within 5 days from this meeting (by 8/13/2023).