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Conservation groups and towns press for binding protections for watershed land in any sale
Summary
Save the Sound and regional councils urged explicit, recorded protections for watershed lands—asking that any class 1/2/3 parcels offered for disposal be first offered to the state, municipalities and local land trusts and that AWA maintain a multi-year conservation funding commitment.
Witnesses from Save the Sound and regional councils urged regulators to require binding protections for watershed lands and to preserve the legacy of public ownership and conservation if the Aquarion sale to a regional authority is approved.
Why it matters: Watershed lands protect drinking-water quality and are central to local conservation and recreation. Witnesses argued that prior board and rate-making discussions do not substitute for recorded protections and…
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