Action Steps Responsible Party Time line Conservation 2016 - Continue to identify, field inventory, and map 2021 Commission significant natural communities in Calais, which contain areas of both local and statewide significance and obtain as complete a portrait and understanding as possible of both. Conservation Beyond Hold community/public educational forums about Commission 2021 the significant natural communities comprising parts of both Calais and its greater bioregion. Discuss the rarity of the local natural communities and potential threats to their integrity. Conservation Beyond Make information available to landowners about Commission 2021 significant natural communities identified on their property. Provide resource information (and land managers) and assistance in developing long term stewardship, conservation and/or restoration plans, as appropriate to willing landowners. Conservation Beyond Invite landowners to consider making a long Commission 2021 term conservation easement or stewardship commitment for the natural community on their land. This resource will be given high priority in considering lands for acquisition or other longterm conservation efforts. Planning Commission Beyond Include natural communities in open 2021 planning and land easement acquisition programs Conservation Beyond Consider establishing zoning regulations that Commission, Planning 2021 protect or conserve identified (by the State or Commission the Calais Natural Resources Inventory) significant natural communities from encroaching development and incompatible activities, such as road development or expansion, by restricting development within them and their buffer.
Action Steps Responsible Party Time line Continue to identify, field inventory, and map significant natural communities in Calais, which contain areas of both local and statewide significance and obtain as complete a portrait and understanding as possible of both. Conservation Commission 2016 - 2021 Hold community/public educational forums about the significant natural communities comprising parts of both Calais and its greater bioregion. Discuss the rarity of the local natural communities and potential threats to their integrity. Conservation Commission Beyond 2021 Make information available to landowners about significant natural communities identified on their property. Provide resource information (and land managers) and assistance in developing long term stewardship, conservation and/or restoration plans, as appropriate to willing landowners. Conservation Commission Beyond 2021 Invite landowners to consider making a long term conservation easement or stewardship commitment for the natural community on their land. This resource will be given high priority in considering lands for acquisition or other longterm conservation efforts. Conservation Commission Beyond 2021 Include natural communities in open planning and land easement acquisition programs Planning Commission Beyond 2021 Consider establishing zoning regulations that protect or conserve identified (by the State or the Calais Natural Resources Inventory) significant natural communities from encroaching development and incompatible activities, such as road development or expansion, by restricting development within them and their buffer. Conservation Commission, Planning Commission Beyond 2021
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