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Mission Statement:
The Conservation Commission and Department administer and enforce state and local wetlands regulations and are responsible for natural resourcemanagement and protection. We are also actively engaged in land preservation efforts and environmental education.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Town Office Building, 16 Lincoln Road, 2nd Floor
Directions: click here for directions
Phone: 781-259-2612
Fax: 781-259-1677
email: gumbartt@lincolntown.org

Board Members: Jim Henderson, Joyce Hersh, Ben Horne, Ari Kurtz, Sara Lewis, Jim Meadors (co-Chair), Peter Von Mertens (co-Chair).

Conservation Director: Tom Gumbart
Conservation Planner: Angela Kearney
Conservation Ranger: Jane Layton
Land Manager: Anna Wilkins

Service Description: Support to the volunteer Conservation Commission is provided by the staff within the Conservation Department.

Meetings: The Commission typically meets the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Conservation Office. Everyone is welcome to attend these public meetings.

This Selectmen-appointed, seven-person board is responsible for overseeing the Town's natural resources in the land-use decision-making process. Its major duties include ongoing open-space acquisition efforts, management of conservation land, wildlife habitat protection and administration and enforcement of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Town of Lincoln Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Since 1958, the Conservation Commission, in cooperation with the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust (LLCT), has preserved more than 1800 acres of agricultural and forest lands. Current land conservation efforts under consideration include a few of the remaining large parcels in Town and certain smaller parcels that provide critical links between the larger parcels of land. The protection of this land will preserve important trail connections, provide recreational opportunities, maintain wildlife corridors, preserve farmland and conserve critical watershed and other ecologically significant areas.

The Conservation Commission also manages the Town's conservation lands. It employs a Conservation Agent to oversee these efforts, which include maintenance of nearly 70 miles of trails. Other programs include the Ranger Program and the administration of leases on more than 180 acres of town farmland. Familiar conservation landmarks include Codman Farm Fields, Mount Misery, Baker Bridge Fields, Flint Fields, Silver Hill 4-H fields, Tanner's Brook and the Flint's Pond area.

Conservation introduces the Invasive Exotic Plants web page - New May 1, 2008

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006!: The Town of Lincoln prohibits the installation of all plants listed on the Massachusetts Prohibited Plant List

To view the NOFA Guide to Organic Land Care - Click Here
To view the Stormwater Protection Web Page - Click Here
To view the Wetlands Bylaw - Click Here
To view Wetlands Fee Regulations - Click Here
To view Wetlands Permitting Process - Click here
To view Buffer Zone Regulations - Click Here

Submission Checklist
Notice of Intent Abutter Notification
Notice of Intent Affidavit of Service
Request for Determination Abutter Notification
Request for Determination Affidavit of Service
Required Checklist for Electronic Plan Submission

** Note: To preserve your appeal rights you must submit your comments/concerns in writing **

Click on the links below for related information:

Lincoln Biodiversity Observation Form
Mass. Dept of Environmental Protection (DEP) for permit forms and additional data.
Lincoln Land Conservation Trust page
Rural Land Foundation page
Open Space Committee Page
Open Space and Recreation Plan