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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Listserv for URI Watershed Watch Participants, Staff & Friends <URIWATERSHEDWATCH@LISTSERV.URI.EDU>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Herron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 29, 2018 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> URIWATERSHEDWATCH@LISTSERV.URI.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] : Fwd: [volmonitor] Article: Watershed groups have a positive impact on local water quality, study finds<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Check out this awesome article that confirms what we here in RI have already known. Kudos to our volunteers and the watershed organizations that support them!<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lally, Meghan</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:Meghan.Lally@ct.gov" target="_blank">Meghan.Lally@ct.gov</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:54 AM<br>
Subject: [volmonitor] Article: Watershed groups have a positive impact on local water quality, study finds<br>
To: Volunteer water monitoring <<a href="mailto:volmonitor@lists.epa.gov" target="_blank">volmonitor@lists.epa.gov</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">A nice article/study – though it acknowledges what we already knew here in CT! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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