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An Earth Day Treat: Massachusetts' Environmental Assets Up For Auction to the Highest Bidder
- The Somerville News (new window)
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2010-04-21 |
| This Earth Day, Massachusetts residents are encouraged to take time out of their day not only to plant a tree or appreciate the environment, but also to bid to own their favorite state park, endangered species, or other item up for sale on Treebay at www.MassEnvironmentForSale.com. | |
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State environmental, recreational assets for sale?
- The Worcester Telegram (new window)
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2010-03-31 |
| Have you ever wanted to own your own state park? How about some cute little endangered piping plover chicks — just in time for Easter? | |
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One step to reduce flooding
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2010-03-24 |
| FORTY YEARS ago, heavy rain storms rarely caused the damage that this month’s storms have, simply because more of the region was undeveloped farm or forest land that could absorb drenching downpours and melting snow. | |
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Don’t wait till next nor’easter to tackle toxic rainwater
- Boston Globe (new window)
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2010-03-18 |
| THE RECENT heavy rains are highlighting the urgent need for Massachusetts to improve infrastructure that cleans rainwater before it is released into our waterways and bays. | |
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Clean Water Restoration Act needs Congressional support
- Jamaica Plain Gazette (new window)
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2010-02-05 |
| The Emerald Necklace, along which the Muddy River flows from Jamaica Pond to the Charles, is a hallmark of Boston’s urban park system. Jamaica Pond provides the neighborhood with a place to boat, fish or just take a stroll in a quiet and beautiful place on a Sunday afternoon. | |
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Clean Water Restoration Act needs Congressional support
- Jamaica Plain Gazette (new window)
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2010-02-05 |
| The Emerald Necklace, along which the Muddy River flows from Jamaica Pond to the Charles, is a hallmark of Boston’s urban park system. Jamaica Pond provides the neighborhood with a place to boat, fish or just take a stroll in a quiet and beautiful place on a Sunday afternoon. | |
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Clean Water Restoration Act needs Congressional support
- Jamaica Plain Gazette (new window)
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2010-02-05 |
| The Emerald Necklace, along which the Muddy River flows from Jamaica Pond to the Charles, is a hallmark of Boston’s urban park system. Jamaica Pond provides the neighborhood with a place to boat, fish or just take a stroll in a quiet and beautiful place on a Sunday afternoon. | |
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Activists call on Congress to strengthen Clean Water Act
- Belmont Citizen-Herald (new window)
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2010-01-20 |
| In 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed in a historic promise to make all of our lakes and rivers safe for fishing and swimming by 1985. Today, 38 years later, our waters still lack the protections they need: nearly half the waters in the U.S. are considered too polluted to be safe. | |
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Rethink policy on river water
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2009-10-18 |
| THE STATE has a new policy on how much water towns can use from rivers, but it could leave some, like the Ipswich and the upper Charles, so depleted that fish would be imperiled. Officials should go back to the drawing board and make sure that their definition of what would constitute a “safe yield’’ would leave enough water for the trout and other wildlife that are ever more rare in Eastern Massachusetts. | |
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Patrick to seek $100.6m to manage state parks, forests, beaches
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2008-01-18 |
| By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff | January 18, 2008 Even as officials cut and scrimp to close a billion-dollar budget shortfall, Governor Deval Patrick will seek an 8.3 percent funding boost for the long-neglected state Department of Conservation and Recreation to increase staff and revitalize the 450,000 acres of state parks, forests, and beaches. | |
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Patrick ousts two at parks agency
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2007-10-06 |
| Governor Deval Patrick's administration launched a major overhaul of the state's parks agency yesterday, moving to oust two senior officials and naming three others to newly configured roles intended to revitalize the state's 450,000-acre park, beach, and forest system. | |
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$12b aimed at education, transportation
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2007-08-04 |
| Governor Deval Patrick tomorrow will unveil a five-year plan to spend $12 billion on new college classrooms, laboratories, roads, bridges, and other construction projects that he says were pushed aside as the state grappled to cover the ballooning cost of the Big Dig, according to a source familiar with the plan. | |
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Deval dives into beach improvements
- Boston Herald (new window)
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2007-08-02 |
| With state parks and beaches in disrepair, Gov. Deval Patrick detailed a revitalization plan yesterday that includes the hiring of at least six year-round beach managers and the use of annual report cards to grade the state’s maintenance effort. | |
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From Leader to Last
- North Adams Transcript
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2007-03-02 |
| Gov. Deval Patrick failed to deliver on his promise to stand up for our state forests and parks when he released his budget recommendations Wednesday. | |
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From leader to last: The demise of our state parks
- Malden Observer
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2006-10-20 |
| Op-ed by Jen Baker -- Massachusetts' character comes from the state's classic New England landscape - from the sweeping hills of the Berkshires to the pine forests and sandy beaches of Cape Cod. In a sense, this landscape defines Massachusetts. | |
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Saving the state's parks and forests
- Daily Hampshire Gazette
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2006-10-16 |
| Op-ed by Jen Baker -- Massachusetts ' character comes from the state's classic New England landscape - from the sweeping hills of the Berkshires to the pine forests and sandy beaches of Cape Cod. | |
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Groups Complain That State Parks Deteriorating
- TheBostonChannel.com
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2006-05-01 |
| BOSTON -- The conditions at many Massachusetts state parks are so poor that they can be downright unsafe to visitors. | |
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Eleanor Fort