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State preservation office seeks steady funding for underwater preserves, roadside markers
Summary
Laura Treishman, Vermont’s state historic preservation officer, updated the Senate Committee on Institutions on the office’s capital requests and described programs including underwater preserves and a popular roadside historic marker program; she noted the governor did not recommend marker funding but the House restored it.
Laura Treishman, Vermont’s state historic preservation officer, told the Senate Committee on Institutions on April 8 that the preservation office’s capital requests include support for the state’s underwater preserves and continued funding for roadside historic markers.
Trishman said the capital bill recommends $46,000 for underwater preserves, which protect and interpret shipwrecks in Lake Champlain, and described about 11 preserves that are open seasonally from May through October. “We now have 11 preserves that are open to the public … we had 300 registered divers and we clocked in over 600 dives,” she said. Trishman said the preserves include 19th‑century canal boats, schooners, tug boats and horse ferries…
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