The Goshen Conservation Commission is looking for Members to join us protecting the Environment, Endangered Spices, and Drinking Water.

This is a voluntary Commission that meets the first and third Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m.

The Conservation Commission is charged with enforcing the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act.   The law protects not only wetlands, but other resource areas, such as land open to flooding (100-year flood plains), the riverfront area (added by the rivers protection act), and land under water bodies and waterways.  The main objective of all the legislation/acts is protection of the Town’s precious water resources.

The law regulates many types of work in resource areas, including vegetation removal, regrading, and construction of houses, additions, decks, driveways, and commercial or industrial buildings.  If you want to work in a wetland resource area or within 100 feet of a wetland (an area called the buffer zone), contact the Conservation Commission before you start work.

If you are unsure whether your proposed work site is in a resource area or whether the work will alter a resource area, you can apply for a Request for Determination of Applicability.  If the Conservation Commission determines that the work will alter a resource area, you must file an application, this is called a Notice of Intent (NOI) and pay an application fee.

If you have questions, please call Charles Amo at 413-695-3500, or attend one of our meetings to see if you would like to help your town with this mission.

Thank you,
Charles Amo
Chairperson, Conservation Commission