Seeking applicants
The Town Council Appointments Committee announced
last week vacancies on the following boards and commissions: Board of
Assessment Review, Fort Williams Advisory Commission, and Zoning Board of
Appeals.
Terms will begin Jan. 1, 2013.
Interested applicants can fill out an application
at capeelizabeth.com. Applications may also be obtained at the Town Hall, or by
contacting Debra Lane, assistant town manager, at debra.lane@capeelizabeth.org
or 799-7665.
Rabbit habitat
The town of Cape Elizabeth has teamed with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage a portion of the Winnick Woods open
space as shrubland habitat, primarily for New England Cottontail rabbits.
According to a town press release, the Town
Council on Oct. 10 approved the joint management plan for approximately 15
acres of the 70-acre Winnick Woods parcel, located off Sawyer Road, and for an
adjacent 10-acre parcel that is part of the Fish and Wildlife's Rachel Carson
National Wildlife Refuge.
"This is really kind of a great boon to us
that the Wildlife Management Institute has stepped up and said that they would
help with the costs of managing this area for wildlife habitat," Town Planner
Maureen O'Meara told members of the council. "We're getting some free
expertise and we're getting some money to do the work we need to do, and we're
not really obligated to do anything but let them on the property."
Managing the southwest segment of Winnick Woods
for a New England Cottontail habitat is part of the property's master plan.
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