DEHC’s meeting on the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) budget with MA State Representative Martin Walsh has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 4, at 12:30pm in State House Room 540.
The April 26 meeting with Senator Jack Hart went well, with the Senator promising to fight for level funding for the Department of Conservation and Recreation and his support for an updated bottle bill.
If you would like to attend on Tuesday, please RSVP to Rosanne Foley 617-474-1478 or rosanne.foley[AT]dotwell.org, so we know to expect you. Please bring stories about what the DCR parks and beaches mean to you and how you think an 8% cut on top of the 23% during 2009 might affect these spaces. Also bring your supporting comments about what it would mean to pass the bottle bill, extending the deposit/refund system for cans to plastic and glass bottles.
Click here for the Boston Parks Advocates fact sheets on the state budget and Dorchester parks including info on the Ways and Means budget, and a fact sheet on the bottle bill. Also see a sample letter from the Environmental League of Massachusetts in support of amendments that directly affect the environmental budget, including one to raise funding for state and urban parks by $5.39 million.
