Southwick open space panel defers Master Plan action items
Southwick open space committee unanimously votes to defer four Master Plan action items. Committee Chair Conner Fleury led the vote as the committee shifts focus to revising the town's Open Space and Recreation Plan. Martha Kane, the committee's clerk, will draft a formal deferral request to the
Open Space Committees · Meeting of September 8, 2026
Southwick open space committee unanimously votes to defer four Master Plan action items. Committee Chair Conner Fleury led the vote as the committee shifts focus to revising the town's Open Space and Recreation Plan. Martha Kane, the committee's clerk, will draft a formal deferral request to the Master Plan Implementation Committee.
The committee also advanced conservation property management plans, organizing a fall work party at the 32-acre Woodland Ridge property to address invasive poison ivy and Tree of Heaven, and planning erosion restoration work at North Pond Conservation Area through coordination with the Massachusetts Division of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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Source: the Open Space Committees meeting of September 8, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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