NCC 2025 Annual Report
The Newfields Conservation Commission continues to work to protect the natural resources of the community. We review wetland permits, site plans, support trails and other access to public lands, and promote conservation throughout the town and the Seacoast region. In 2025 we welcomed new members Thomas Rettberg, Caleb Fields, Christine McDade and Chris Shanelaris.
This year, the Commission again focused on its obligation to monitor and protect our interests in land parcels totaling approximately 730 acres with town-held conservation easements. Our easement properties represent a great diversity of open land, forests, and wetlands.
In addition to the easement monitoring, the Commission invited Town residents to participate in an energy-saving window insert program, hosted guest speakers, and participated in several regional conservation meetings.
The Commission is a volunteer organization, and we invite all residents who are interested in our work to contact us. Our public meetings are held in the Town Hall, at 7PM on the third Monday of each month.
In picture from left to right: Josh Lent, Chris Shanelaris, Alison Watts, Christine McDade, Caleb Fields, Lauren Hill and Tom Rettberg
Members:
Conservation Chair - conservationcomm [at] newfieldsnh.gov (conservationcomm[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Lauren Hill – lhill [at] newfieldsnh.gov (lhill[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Josh Lent - jlent [at] newfieldsnh.gov (jlent[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Christine McDade – Treasurer cmcdade [at] newfieldsnh.gov (cmcdade[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov )
Alison Watts - awatts [at] newfieldsnh.gov (awatts[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Chris Shanelaris - cshanelaris [at] newfieldsnh.gov (cshanelaris[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Caleb Fields - Fields-cfields [at] newfieldsnh.gov (cfields[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Thomas Rettberg - trettberg [at] newfieldsnh.gov (trettberg[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)
Mark Kasper - Select Board Representative mkasper [at] newfieldsnh.gov (mkasper[at]newfieldsnh[dot]gov)