6/22/1995 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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6/22/95 Page 4. cranberry bog for over 150 years . Ten years of that time this area was mowed to: . Prevent fire . And that is what we are afraid of . T prevent fire , to prevent the loss of life and limb . T hat s important to me . I have grandchildren-, I have children . It would be terrible for a fire to sweep up there . Ms Scanlan who is here this evening , she prevented a fire last year . She was passing our bog one day and there was a fire . Isn 't that right , Mary-.> Mary} I n "t see it start , O r was already started . ) But you called the Fire Department . Mr . Schaff.l also said to keep a diversity of sun loving species within the community . For instance , first comes the water , then comes the bog , then the forest beyond . The bog species would be lost if it i s not mowed . The orchids , never knew there were orchids there , which grow lir the bog would e lost . The area wouldbe the sane as the forest area beyond produce the same type of species all over and not the beautiful change of species which we have now . S K And that document is from homy LK: Don Sohl l . This is not a document :, this is my telephone conversation with him . Perhaps we could mow , he said , in the early spring or the late fall i n order to avoid damage to the buds . The bog is now a place of sun lovins plants and animals; this would be lost if not mowed . According to Scott Hecker of the Audubon Society , which I spoke to many times , marry bogs are subject to controlled burning to avoid hazardous ire and to maintain the sun- loving un- loin plants . These are two respected people . I and my husband dry not have thousand dollars to throw out , or two thousand . We have e gotten one man who would not take the case . He said to me , "I don 't want to get involved" . not her man was two thousand dollars said this is an insignificant area , insignificant . Whenever any hypothetical threat to an undiscovered , unnamed , so-called , endangered species 1 s weighed against a very real hazard that the residents think by being forced to allow uncut , accumulated dry grass and underbrush to threaten by fire their homes and their lives and safety , then the balance must come dawn heavily In the residents favor . Without doubt , the Superior Court will .issue a restraining order i f this Commission issues any decision forciong this ranger to continue . S May I respond to that , Mr . Chairman. TZSI O S: I dirk not know whether Mrs . Wolk had finished her presentation .