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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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