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Commission presses for Milton Creek protections as new PG substation delays boundary decision
Summary
Commissioners said a planned PG substation and unresolved boundary surveys are delaying formal designation of Milton Creek as a protected area; staff warned that wetland and transmission feasibility work must finish before council can act on a master-plan change.
At its April 13 meeting, the St. Helens Parks & Trails Commission discussed efforts to preserve Milton Creek and the reason formal boundary designation remains unresolved: a proposed new PG substation and pending feasibility work.
Commission members reported recent visits to the Milton Creek meadows where wildflowers are starting to bloom and where spawning fish and dozens of bald eagles have been observed. "They're like this large ... they just spawn right there at the, like, little falls that…
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