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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">From New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">NEIWPCC has arranged a three-part webinar series to continue an ongoing dialogue regarding the use of buffers to improve water quality.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 1: Restoration
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Two local programs will share example projects and programs that are improving buffers. Brian Hotz of Merrimack Conservation Partnership will discuss their Land Protection Grants and Alex Krofta
of Merrimack River Watershed Council will present his team’s Expanding Riparian Buffers project.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 2: Education
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Todd Menees of Vermont DEC will share how the Vermont Rivers& Roads trainings are communicating the importance of buffers to municipalities and DOT workers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 3: Legal Challenges
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Professor John Echeverria of Vermont Law School will discuss how takings complaints can effect buffer jurisdiction and the potential pushback from a legal perspective.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 1:
<b>July 25, 2017 </b>2:00 pm –3:30 pm <a href="https://neiwpccmeetings.webex.com/neiwpccmeetings/onstage/g.php?MTID=ef035d49796444c2a1e7a1f8298bcbb56">
Register here for Part 1</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 2:<b>August 22, 2017
</b>2:00 pm –3:00 pm <a href="https://neiwpccmeetings.webex.com/neiwpccmeetings/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5febe5082f9138401bf02978126a9d7c">
Register here for Part 2</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Part 3:
<b>September 15, 2017 </b>10:00 am –11:00 am <a href="https://neiwpccmeetings.webex.com/neiwpccmeetings/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed7767f336f6aae5e79eb2e8afb0d7314">
Register here for Part 3</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please share this announcement with interested colleagues!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">__________________________________</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kimberly R. Roth</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Environmental Analyst</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">NEIWPCC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">650 Suffolk Street, Suite 410</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">P<span style="color:#222222">: </span><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="tel:978-349-2525" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2F5496">978-349-25</span></a><u>12</u></span>;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">F: <span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="tel:978-323-7919" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2F5496">978-323-7919</span></a></span>;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><a href="mailto:kroth@neiwpcc.org"><span style="color:#2F5496">kroth@neiwpcc.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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