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February 8, 2019
Town of Ithaca Conservation Board Activities &
Accomplishments for 2018
Awarded its Richard B. Fischer Environmental Award to Anthony
Ingraham & Elizabeth Bauman and held the associated tree planting
ceremony in Tutelo Park;
Environmental Review Committee continued to provide comments for
site plan and subdivision projects;
Participated in meetings of the Town’s Deer Management Committee;
Continued to update and monitor the Conservation Board Facebook page
(http://www.facebook.com/IthacaConservationBoard);
Participated in an Earth Day event (set up table) as part of the Sustainable
Tompkins event;
Hosted a hand-on introduction to some of Ithaca’s invasive plant species
at Tutelo Park as part of the NYS’s Invasive Species Awareness Week;
Invited Mark Whitmore (Forest Entomologist, Department of Natural
Resources, Cornell University) to a meeting to discuss research to assess
the effectiveness/suitability of various biocontrol agents of Hemlock
Woolly Adelgid;
Provided a letter to Thomas F. O’Mara regarding the Task Force on
Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases and the relationship with deer;
One member attended the 2018 Agriculture, Food & Environment
Systems In-Service held at Cornell;
Have continued to monitor and clean the Bluebird boxes along the Town
trails;
Scenic Resources Committee has started layout and design for the 3rd
scenic view sign proposed for Pine Tree Road.