Conservation Commission Past Events

Alongside the Rook family, a crowd gathered at the Cornish Fire Station for the presentation of the 2019 Conservation Award in honor of Dale F. Rook (1939-2019). Two years ago the conservation commission posthumously honored Dale Rook with the Cornish Conservation Award. Dale’s ten years on the Conservation Commission was just one of the many, many examples of his love for Cornish. The Commission worked with Judy Rook to find a tree that would be fitting for this award and would honor Dale’s love of nature. This Thundercloud Plum tree, with its deep purple leaves, will start to become accented with white, pale pink flowers in the spring. These flowers are followed by small purple plums that attract the birds. And that is what attracted us to this tree. There is a similar tree at the Rook household that Dale would love to watch the birds visit. This tree will now be able to provide that same joy to many people, for years to come.

Thank you to Gallagher Tree Service for donating their time and resources to plant the tree.