Conservation Commission

Box 226

Little Compton, RI 02837

 

The Conservation Commission is a seven member board appointed by the Town Council.  Members are appointed to staggered 3-year terms so that two members’ terms expire every year with a third expiring every third year.  Any incorporated wildlife, conservation, sportsmen’s, horticultural, or like organizations may nominate a list of qualified citizen’s to the Council and if a list is provided at least 3 members must be appointed from these lists.

 

 

The purpose of the Commission shall be to promote and develop the natural resources, to protect the watershed resources, and to preserve the natural esthetic areas within the Town. To these ends the Commission shall conduct researches into its local land areas and seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and shall keep an index of all open spaces within the Town, publicly or privately owned. It may recommend to the Council and other Town bodies a program for the better use of the Town's land and natural resources.

 

Regular Meetings are held the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers on the second floor of the Town Hall.

 

Please contact the Town Clerk’s Office to correspond with the Conservation Commission.

 

Members:

(Term expiration)

 

William Richmond

(2010)

 

Patrick M. Bowen

(2010)

Robert Wolter

(2011)

Edmund Maiato

(2011)

Daniel O’Connor

(2009)

 

Frances Clark

(2009)

 

Frances Buffum

(2010)

 

 

 A schedule of meetings and agendas can be accessed by clicking this link