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The Natural Resources Commission unanimously approved its final Land Conservation Plan in a 4-0 vote. The plan reports that approximately 2.5 acres of natural land were converted to development annually from 2014 through 2024, suggesting a potential goal of conserving an equivalent amount over the next decade.
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The approved plan gives Wellesley a data-based framework for considering land conservation tools, including acquisitions, easements, agricultural preservation, conservation restrictions, and down-zoning. Commissioners supported adding the plan’s findings to the land acquisition policy and may consider a future request for approximately $50,000 to analyze a property if one becomes available, but no funding request was approved at this meeting. The Commission also approved amended March 30 minutes and deferred three other sets of minutes.
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