Sharon Conservation Commission Vermont established legislation (24 V.S.A> Chapter 118) allowing towns to set up conservation commissions. Sharon’s Conservation Commission started in 1989, with the goal of establishing community responsibility and stewardship for its natural resources. Some of the duties may include: making an inventory and conducting continuing studies of the town’s natural resources, enhancing public awareness of scenic and recreational resources.

Sharon Conservation Commission projects (past and present) have included:

1. Statewide Green Up Day events, click here for local Sharon Green-up Events
2. Downer Forest Ski Trails
3. White River Access site
4. Town Forest (Ministers Lot) plan
5. Development and maintenance of the Rikert Veterans Memorial Trail
6. Various Plantings and events at the Sharon Elementary School
7. Participating with the White River Partnership and Linking Lands Alliance
8. Establishment of the Conservation Fund to conserve land and waters or natural areas for use pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 155
9. Received various mini grants for conservation projects
10.  Evaluating wildlife corridors within the town
11.  Working with UVLT monitoring conservation easements in town

Members are appointed by the Sharon Select board  (3-9 members are permitted by the Vermont statutes.
The current members are: Karen Hewitt
Margaret Raymond
Rubin Sotak
Fritz Weiss
AJ Zwikelmaier
Michael Zwikelmaier

For more information contact:  Fritz Weiss 763-2474 or  Mike Zwikelmaier  649-2940

Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm at Town Hall

Meeting Minutes available here: January 2011, February 2011.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT GREEN-UP DAY SUCCESS!!

Sharon Green Up Committee
Green Up Day activities have been a part of Sharon since the early 1990’s
It is estimated that 60 Tons of trash have been collected in Sharon

Green Up 2009……

NOW IT IS GREEN-UP 2011!  FORTY-ONE YEARS OF GREENING-UP.... LET'S CELEBRATE!

It is our desire to expand this day's activities by whatever degree the good people of this Town of Sharon are willing to contribute.

Interested in coming out and helping? Or, if you have questions please do not hesitate to contact  us: Peter Lowes 763-8745 or AJ Zwikelmaier 649-2940. See you  at the garage Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8 o'clock sharp!

GREEN-UP DAY 2009-56% RECYCLED!

First of all, we of the town of Sharon Conservation Commission, want to thank everyone, young and old, who did their part in making the GREEN -UP 2009 event a tremendous success! This year's theme was REDUCE, REUSE,RECYCLE and this year's Poster Contest, held annually in the Sharon Elementary School , was won by the First and Second Grade with the title WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE DOING?

And it  was just not cleaning up our local road ways as we have been doing for the past thirty-nine years!

The Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste District was again fully engaged with four rollout containers, each 24 feet long for metal recycling of which three were totally full. The GUVSWD took in 400 tires, appliances, oil, electronics, washing machines, refrigerators...you name it and it came...old horse drawn hay rakes, hugh satellite dishes, The Sharon Academy attacked the daunting task of reclaiming a hydro site from years of dumping. The Energy Committee and The Girl Scouts kept us going with wonderful food. And, again, the Sharon Town road crew hung in there with us to the end. Also, this year we attempted sorting all that stuff littering our country side.

Oh,yea! tables were set up, barrels labeled and all those green bags opened up, spread out and separated  into paper, glass, PETE 1, HDPE 2,and aluminum. Of the 1695 pounds weighed, only 758 pounds actually ended up in the Town truck to be land filled; the rest recycled down at the Hartford Transfer Station. We collected $54.00 from 5 cent redeemables from all that recycled material and that amount was donated to the construction of the memorial in Sharon to honor one of our fallen sons in Iraq. All this done with volunteers and in one eight hour day!

Thank you, one and all!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Green Up 2010 was the 40th anniversary of Green Up in the state.

Comments of the participants of the first Green Up Day or any successive years events are encouraged at greenupvermont.blogspot.com

May 7th 2011 activities include:
GUVSWD will be there for scrap metal, electronics, oil and tire collections (fees may apply)

• Collection of roadside trash with recycling of materials -------
• Illegal dump site clean up
• Plant sale
• Refreshments supplied by the Girl Scouts
• Elementary school poster contest

Funds* collected through Sharon Green Up will be used to purchase dump coupons for town people--(to be distributed by the Sharon Food bank)

*Donations of returnable bottles are being accepted at Tracey’s General store in the name of Sharon Conservation Commission

*Money from returnables collected and separated from trash on Green-up day       

See you  at the garage Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8 o'clock sharp!