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Resident group urges Princeton to curb road-salt use after damage near Mountain Lakes Preserve
Summary
Wendy Mager, president of Friends of Princeton Open Space, told the Feb. 24 Mayor and Council meeting that recent municipal salting left visible deposits on private property and at Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve and asked the council to review technical guidance on limiting salt pollution.
Wendy Mager, president of Friends of Princeton Open Space, urged the Princeton Mayor and Council on Feb. 24 to reduce the municipality’s use and storage of rock salt after she found heavy salt deposits on private property and at the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve.
"The effects of salt pollution are cumulative," Mager told the council during the public-comments period, referencing the Watershed Institute’s SaltWatch program and the institute’s Winter Salt Week webinar series. She said municipal salt…
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