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Board urges coordinated outreach on fertilizer, pollutants and stormwater to protect eelgrass and water quality
Summary
Advisory board members raised public concerns about residential fertilizer use, power‑washing and household chemicals reaching shorelines and urged renewed outreach and coordination with landscapers, the Shellfish Association and the Natural Resources Department to protect eelgrass and water quality.
Board members at the June 3 meeting discussed public concerns about fertilizer use and other pollutants reaching beaches and harbor waters and urged a coordinated outreach and education campaign.
Members said recent listings showed lawns mown to the waterline and that some homeowners and landscapers apply fertilizer adjacent to marsh and beach areas. Mister Franzuto and Mister…
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