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    Welcome to our website. We are dedicated to preserving Tollands Open Space Conservation Areas and would like to share information about them through this website. Links are on the menu on the right side of your screen. Here is a sampling of what you will find on our web pages…

    Open Space Conservation Areas: Description, pictures, and the most up-to-date trail maps for hiking conservation areas

    Events and Projects: 2012 Hiking series, electronics recycling, Weigold dam repair

    Conservation Organizations: Tolland Conservation Corps, Willimantic River Alliance, Conserving Tolland

    Invasive Plant Species: A guide to invasive plants, alternatives, and removal

    Bluebird, Bat and Butterfly Houses: Bluebird trails, attracting wildlife and setting up houses

    PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS:
    The Conservation Commission was created on August 25, 1998 by resolution 03-40 with an advisory function on open space issues. Its current mission includes research, maintaining an inventory of open space areas, development of conservation education programs, evaluation and proposal for open space acquisition, and oversight of the Town’s Conservation areas.

    The Conservation Commission was formed pursuant to Section 131-a of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Commission consists of seven regular members and two alternate members who are appointed by the Town Manager to serve two year terms.

    The Conservation Commission meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers on the sixth floor of the Hicks Memorial Municipal Center at 21 Tolland Green.

    2012 Conservation Commission Meeting Schedule

    Regular Members
    Philip Moreschi, Chair
    Lois B.C. Query, Vice Chair
    Donato DiGenova, Secretary
    Eugene M. Koss
    Cynthia MacDonald
    Dorothy Mickiewicz
    Richard N. Symonds, Jr.

    Alternates
    Richard Merritt
    Richard C. Knight

    Staff Liaison
    Linda Farmer,
    Director of Planning and Community Development

    To contact the Commission:
    Via e-mail: click here
    Mailing Address: 21 Tolland Green, Tolland CT 06084
    Phone: (860) 871-3601; Fax: (860) 871-3628

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