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Greenville Utilities Commission recognized for 101-acre conservation easement planting 63,900 trees to protect Tar–Pamlico watershed
Summary
Council recognized Greenville Utilities Commission's four-year conservation easement project at its wastewater treatment plant farm, which planted 63,900 hardwoods and shrubs across 101 acres to capture nutrients before they reach the Tar–Pamlico watershed.
The Greenville City Council on Oct. 6 recognized a multi-year environmental project led by the Greenville Utilities Commission that established a conservation easement on 101 acres of stream drainage at the utilities' wastewater treatment plant and the planting of 63,900 hardwood trees and shrubs.
Mayor PJ Connolly introduced the recognition, describing the project as a four-year effort to create restorative buffers that "provide planned…
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