Rehoboth conservation panel votes to back farmland purchase bid

Conservation Commission · Meeting of August 4, 2026

Rehoboth Conservation Commission urges town to pursue 94.5-acre farm buy. Meeting Tuesday, the commission voted unanimously to recommend the Board of Selectmen exercise its right of first refusal on a nearly 94.5-acre wooded Agricultural Avenue parcel leaving Chapter 61B, while declining to pursue the purchase itself, citing its own financial limits. Community Preservation Committee member Arthur Pierce called the land "94.5 acres, all woods" worth exploring.

The board also continued a wetland-line dispute over two Mason Street building lots to an Aug. 16 site walk with outside consultant LEC after members said they found "wetland plants growing" in a field the applicant's soil consultant disputes is wet enough to qualify. Elsewhere, the commission approved a Zero Mason Street subdivision, denied a Buckland compliance certificate over unfinished signage despite "four or five" outreach attempts, and backed a riding-ring addition at the Rehoboth Agricultural Fair grounds.

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Source: the Conservation Commission meeting of August 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.