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Lawmakers discuss bill to create Molly Beattie Distinguished Service Award for state parks ambassadors
Summary
Senate Natural Resources and Energy on April 29 reviewed a bill to establish a Molly Beattie Distinguished Service Award to honor current or former state employees or partners who advance public lands, with sponsors stressing the award carries no appropriation and seeking clarifying language before markup.
Former Representative Peter Anthony and Representative Kate Logan outlined a bill April 29 before the Senate Natural Resources and Energy committee that would establish a Molly Beattie Distinguished Service Award to recognize current or former state employees or partners who "advance the conservation, accessibility, quality of recreational experience, or sustainability" of Vermont public lands and state parks.
The bill, sponsors said, is intended to honor employees and outside partners who serve as ambassadors for Vermont state parks. "I was struck by the incredibly important role that the ambassadors for the state parks ... play in, I think, underappreciated, tourism and visitor ambassadorship," Former Representative Peter Anthony said, describing his motivation after…
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