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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Includes the town</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 </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>Vermont Conservation Design</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>. These areas are critical to natural stream, river, and floodplains 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></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>Vermont Conservation Design</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> webpage:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/vermont-conservation-design" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/vermont-conservation-design</SPAN></SPAN></A></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |