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Focus Sheet: Best Available Science for Wetlands

 
Publication number Date Published
01-06-023October 2001
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Author(s) Teri Granger
Description Under the state’s Growth Management Act, local governments must use the best available science when reviewing and revising their policies and regulations on freshwater wetlands. However, there is no comprehensive interpretation of the best available science for wetlands, and most local governments lack the resources to tackle such an undertaking.
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Keywords science, Focus sheet, environmental, growth, fish, management, wetland, wetlands, Growth Management, Environmental Protection Agency, best available science
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