Conservation Advisory Council appointment and revival of wildlife-corridor work discussed

Chair (speaker 2) introduced a resolution to appoint Nashley Butanes—identified as a recent leadership-program participant and a Hudson Valley graduate studying wildlife ecology—to the Conservation Advisory Council; Laura Robertson said she would circulate the candidate’s resume to board members for review. The committee expressed enthusiasm about bringing younger participants into advisory roles.

CAC representative (speaker 6) said the CAC will try to restart a wildlife-corridor project previously led by a member who left, describing the effort as identifying parcel linkages to create north–south and east–west connectivity across the town. The CAC also proposed a meeting with stakeholders to collect specific resident concerns about quietness in the Kiuna area before reissuing any plan.