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Bill would create conservation license plate to fund cyanobacteria mitigation
Summary
A bill before the Senate Transportation Committee would create a conservation ‘‘loon’’ license plate; $30 of each registration fee would go to the state Department of Environmental Services’ cyanobacteria mitigation fund to help pay for watershed and in‑lake treatments.
A bill to create a conservation registration plate to fund cyanobacteria mitigation projects in New Hampshire advanced at the Senate Transportation Committee hearing. Representative Rosemarie Rung, prime sponsor of House Bill 105, told the committee the plate would direct $30 of the registration fee to the Cyanobacteria Mitigation and Grant Fund administered by the Department of Environmental Services.
Why it matters: State and lake officials told the committee cyanobacteria blooms — often called blue‑green algae — have become more widespread and longer lasting in recent years and can pose risks to human and animal health and to local economies reliant on swimming and recreation. Existing mitigation grants have been largely spent; DES officials said just under $200,000 remained of a roughly $1 million fund established in…
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