Conservation Commission approves Rotary five-year invasives plan for Sears Field

WESTON — May 25, 2021 — Weston Conservation Commission greenlights Rotary five-year invasives plan for Sears Field. The Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland, presenting through member Rob with Charlie Hamblin, won a 4-0 vote to manage the 1.4-acre field with edge restoration, twice-yearly mowing for black swallow-wort, and a future 20-by-20-foot pollinator planting. The club has consulted UMass Amherst weed scientist Randy Prostak and may host a biocontrol test plot from URI researcher Lisa Tewksbury using a hypena moth permitted by the state agricultural department. Member Rees Tulloss called it "a wonderful opportunity" to see invasive management through with a dedicated partner. The commission also approved a minor plan change at 14 Byron Road relocating a Cultec chamber to maintain two-foot groundwater separation, extended an expired order 5-0 for the Brothers parking lot at 21 Center Street where peat settlement has dropped pavement up to nine inches in 18 months, and gave consensus support for a triclopyr treatment of Japanese knotweed at Case Estates pathways by licensed applicator Ben Palmer.