2005-02-25
ENVIRONMENT | WATERSHEDS
The Eight Mile River comes closer to Wild + Scenic River designation with the introduction of a bill, H.B. No. 6414, now before the Connecticut legislature | This is in keeping with the Nature Conservancy's Tidewater chapter long term goals, the NEMO initatives, and fits nicely into our town's open space planning goals which has long identified the Eight Mile River watershed as a top priority for preservation |
Language of the bill reads "to preserve the portion of the Eightmile River watershed which is the subject of the authorized study by the Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River Study Committee as provided for in the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and, if passed, would be enacted October 2005 |
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The Eight Mile River comes closer to Wild + Scenic River designation with the introduction of a bill, H.B. No. 6414, now before the Connecticut legislature | This is in keeping with the Nature Conservancy's Tidewater chapter long term goals, the NEMO initatives, and fits nicely into our town's open space planning goals which has long identified the Eight Mile River watershed as a top priority for preservation | Language of the bill reads "to preserve the portion of the Eightmile River watershed which is the subject of the authorized study by the Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River Study Committee as provided for in the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and, if passed, would be enacted October 2005 |
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