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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Includes the town</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>s interconnected network of streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes and the immediately adjacent riparian and valley bottom forests, wetlands, and other natural/semi-natural covers. These areas were identified by state ecologists and biologists during an early update of the Vermont Conservation Design. These areas are critical to natural stream, river, and floodplain processes, contribute to broader ecological connectivity across the landscape, and provide important wildlife and plant habitat and travel corridors. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>For more information about riparian wildlife connectivity visit the </SPAN><A href="https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/vermont-conservation-design" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Vermont Conservation Design </SPAN></A><SPAN>webpage</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV> |