Hardwick Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission meets at 5 pm. on the second Monday of each month in the Memorial Room of the Town Building. The first meeting was on May 21, 2019.

The Commission’s adopted bylaws are available here.

Contact information

Hardwick Conservation Commission
20 Church St
Hardwick, VT 05843
conservation.commission@hardwickvt.gov

Please see below for the most recent agenda and minutes.

Current Events

January 2026
Join Us To Talk About The Buffalo Mountain Town Forest Proposal
Saturday January 24th 2:00-4:00, in the Parker Ladd Room at the Jeudevine Library

Come learn about an exciting opportunity to convert 329 acres on Buffalo Mountain to a Town
Forest. Hear from Trust for Public Land, Northern Rivers Land Trust, and others!
The town is seeking motivated residents to participate in a Steering Committee to collect and suggest uses
and management. For more info – Call Rachel Kane 802 472-5512.
Refreshments will be served.

Read the proposal here:
Hardwick Community Forest Opportunity: Buffalo Mountain Town Forest Expansion Proposal – An overview


April 2024
Hardwick’s Natural Resources Inventory is now online!


The commission started working in April 2023 to establish a Natural Resources Inventory of the town of Hardwick.

Here are some of the existing maps that include information about a variety of interesting features such as wetland areas, habitat connectors, and soil types.

https://hardwickvt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Hardwick-2019-Plan-Maps.pdf

https://www.axisgis.com/HardwickVT/Default.aspx

https://anrmaps.vermont.gov/websites/anra5/

Lamoille river kayak expedition, September 7, 2019

Rachel and Renaud kayaked a section of the Lamoille to scope out environmental concerns and trash. There is considerable erosion next to Highway 16 but no trash. So there is no need for a river clean-up. We should do another event when the water level of the river is higher.

The Conservation Commission includes the following members:

Tyler Buswell
Lesa Cathcart
Kathy Hemmens, Treasurer
Rachel Kane, Co-Chair
Peter Moskovitz
Joe Nudell
Ben Pougnier
Norma Wiesen, Secretary
Lucy Zendzian, Co-Chair

Agenda

Minutes

Elderberries at the 2019 Hardwick Spring Festival