The Middlesex Conservation Commission (MCC) provides conservation leadership and stewardship of the Town’s natural resources. The MCC works with the town’s other governmental entities and the public to identify and assess resources, to offer the town and landowners guidance on planning for the conservation of these resources, and to educate the residents of Middlesex as to why conserving these resources is so important.
Middlesex voters established a conservation fund to help conserve the town's natural, scenic, recreational, historic, and cultural resources. The MCC also seeks out grant funding and partners with other conservation organizations to carry out its work.
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- The MCC and the Middlesex Trails Committee (MTC) serve as stewards of the White Rock Trail from its junction with the Hunger Mountain Trail to the summit of White Rock as well as the connector trail between White Rock and Hunger Mountain.
- The MCC does yearly work days to maintain the Chases Mountain Trail and the White Rock trail.
- The MCC and the MTC are developing a new loop trail in our Town Forest. This will be shorter and involve less climbing than the current Chases Mountain summit trail.
- The MCC is working on a plan for the future of the town cabin located in the Town Forest.
- The MCC has tried to get a working group to address knotweed in the community but needs someone willing to spearhead a group.
- The MCC organizes Green-Up Day every May.
The MCC manages the Middlesex Town Forest, a 403-acre tract of land that ranges from approximately 1,050 to 2,250 feet in elevation. Because of the property’s proximity to other public and private conserved land parcels, the Town Forest is a valuable wildlife connector between the Interstate 89 corridor and Mt. Elmore. It is within the Worcester Range which is a treasured area for habitat and natural resource conservation, recreational use, and scenic beauty.
The Town Forest includes a well marked hiking trail to the top of Chases Mountain.
See this sign prepared for the Town Forest trailhead for a map of the Town Forest and more information about permitted uses, natural communities, geology, & wildlife in the area.
Chair
Adrienne Magida
Ross Lieblappen
Kim Hagen
Dave Shepard
John Udis
Aric Brown
Larry Becker
Owen Dalton