Conservation Commission

Lincoln Conservation Commission endorses Dark Skies zoning bylaw for Town Meeting. The Conservation Commission voted 5-1 on March 11 to endorse proposed amendments to the town's Dark Skies lighting ordinance, with one member abstaining. Unanimously, the Commission authorized staff to send letters

Lincoln Conservation Commission unanimously ratifies enforcement order requiring material cleanup from wetlands. The Commission voted unanimously to ratify an Enforcement Order issued February 3 requiring property owners Frank and Vickie Panetta to remove dumped vehicles, farm equipment, and metal

Conservation Commission votes unanimously to support a rodenticide ban petition. Save Lincoln Wildlife member Trisha O'Hagan presented evidence of anticoagulant rodenticides' effects on predators and alternatives; the petition goes to Annual Town Meeting. The Commission unanimously approved tree

Lincoln Conservation Commission streamlines tree removal permitting. The Commission voted unanimously on January 7 to amend its Tree Removal Policy, allowing landowners to request Commission permission for hazardous tree removals beyond the five-tree administrative limit rather than file full