{"id":1195,"date":"2013-04-05T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kriesi.at\/themes\/enfold\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:27:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/?page_id=1195","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" ><p><div  data-size='portfolio'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='2404'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='true'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   avia-small-width-slider'  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-default-height='80.808080808081'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-portfolio av_slideshow  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   avia-small-width-slider avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"ImageObject\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 80.808080808081%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img src='https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RBWP-495x400.png' width='495' height='400' title='RBWP' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>Red-bellied Woodpecker, a formerly southern species that, with climate change, is now being sighted in Georgetown.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  \" ><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#7bb0e7;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4 custom-color-heading   avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Welcome to the Georgetown Conservation Commission<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#7bb0e7'><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Commission meets on the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Links to Zoom meetings are available by contacting the Town Office at gtwnme@hotmail.com no later than 2 p.m. the day before the meeting.\u00a0 Anyone is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Current members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jessica Weller, Chairperson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Nancy Kinner, Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Roger Bogart<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ruth Indrick\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kathy Gravino<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sue Shade (Alternate Member)<\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Swift (Alternate Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to join the Conservation Commission?\u00a0 Attend any meeting or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:conserve04548@gmail.com\">conserve04548@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='box-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 #8ca863; border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Georgetown Conservation Commission provides leadership in the development, use and conservation of Georgetown&#8217;s natural resources.\u00a0 These include:\u00a0 flora and fauna;\u00a0 woods and water.\u00a0 The Commission keeps an inventory of the natural resources in the town, publishes educational and informational materials, sponsors relevant seminars and projects, and cares for and maintains town-owned open space\u00a0 &#8212; currently the Ipcar and Round the Cove Preserves.\u00a0 We also liaison with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to protect Georgetown&#8217;s numerous sites of archeological and historic significance.<\/p>\n<p>Past projects have included an assessment of the state of Georgetown&#8217;s acquifer and its implications for residential and commercial water needs, and development of the &#8216;Coastal Stewardship Guide&#8217; to protecting wetland and marine resources.\u00a0 Information on current projects can be found under the &#8216;Projects&#8217; heading.\u00a0 Some projects are initiated by the Conservation Commission; some by interested community members.\u00a0 If you have a project to propose &#8212; let us know!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3997,"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions\/3997"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtownconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}