Littleton Conservation Commission amends two Blood Road dredging enforcement orders

LITTLETON — June 2, 2026 — Littleton's Conservation Commission amended enforcement orders for two Blood Road properties and confronted an unexpected federal wildlife complication at a third site at its June 2 meeting. Co-chair Sarah Seaward presided as the six-member panel voted 6-0 twice to resolve non-permitted dredging cases at 8 Blood Road and 2 and 6 Blood Road, approving planting plans and dock-reinstatement conditions with three-year monitoring periods at each property, including a shared no-wake buoy coordinated between the neighboring Scott and Matheson families. At 6 Spectacle Pond Road, Conservation Agent Pearson reported that bank swallows — protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act — have been found nesting in a sand stockpile previously authorized for removal, halting disturbance of the pile until Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife responds and the nesting season ends. Co-chair Chase Gerbig abstained as the commission voted 5-0 to approve a BSA Troop 1 overnight backpacking permit on Conservation lands, and the panel voted 6-0 to return leftover peer-review funds to applicants across six or seven old accounts.