Madison Conservation Commission advances Natural Resource Inventory request, reviews zoning draft

Conservation · Meeting of April 22, 2026

Madison's Conservation Commission finalized Green-Up Clean-Up assignments and moved toward issuing a Request for Qualifications for a Natural Resource Inventory at its April 22 meeting. Chair Amy Thomas and members Terry Vandendolder, Heather Crawford, Jon Cohen, and Sufia Uddin assigned themselves to three April 25 cleanup sites, North Madison Congregational Church, Bauer Park, and Memorial Town Hall, and authorized a "weirdest trash" photo competition. Crawford said the RFQ, developed from a draft prepared by a town staff member identified as Erin, could go out as early as April 28 but will wait for the Tree Advisory Committee to vote on a formal "notable tree" definition, which sets a default threshold of 18 inches diameter at breast height.

The commission also began reviewing a reorganized zoning regulations draft, flagging sections on light trespass, tree preservation during construction, and coastal habitat, and voted unanimously to request a table at a town advocacy fair on April 29 at Memorial Town Hall.

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Source: the Conservation meeting of April 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.