What are protected Resource Areas?

The protected resource areas include rivers, streams, brooks, ponds, lakes, wetlands, banks, floodplains and vernal pools.  Protection extends 100 feet from the edge of the wetlands, 100 feet from vernal pools and 200 feet from rivers and perennial brooks and streams.

It is illegal for anyone to dredge, fill, modify or alter any of these resource areas without first filing for and receiving a permit.  Anyone who may want to work within 100 feet of a wetland or within 200 feet of a perennial brook, stream or river, and who plans to build, grade, clear or do any work which could alter the resource area must first contact the Conservation Commission.