ECHPC Initiatives

ECHPC – Initiatives

2021 Initiatives include:

• Open Space protection on 170 Eastford Road
  The successful acquisition of development rights was purchased by the Town of Eastford.
  
  
• Pollinator Pathway Initiative
  The launch of the Pollinator Pathway in Eastford has been sucessful and continues to expand.
  
  
• Continued effort to eradicate Water Chestnut
  The efforts have paid off.  For the past 2 years the monitoring of the area has shown no European Water Chestnut growth.
  
  
• Redesigned and updated website hosting
  We have moved our website hosting to the Town of Eastford’s Blackboard platform 

 

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2011 Initiatives include:

• Inventorying Eastford’s Natural Resources & Trails Using Computer Mapping Techniques
• Providing Community Education on Open Space Protection Tools and Techniques
• Eastford Heritage Day Tours & Displays
• Providing Conservation & Historic Resource Information to the Planning & Inland Wetlands Commissions to Aid in Subdivision Review
• Maintaining Partnerships outside Eastford (e.g. with Chaplin & Hampton) to Continue Developing the Natchaug River Watershed Plan
• Creating an Extension of the Existing (established 2006 by the Commission) Walking Greenway along the Historic Old Boston Turnpike (off Old Colony Road)
• Working to Eradicate Invasive Water Weeds from Eastford Ponds
• Documenting Vernal Pools