V-167 



3,300 acres of tidemarsh. It is expected that the entire area will 

 be deeded over to the Town within two or three years. 



"If all coastal conservation commissions could boast of similar 

 accomplishments the problem of our vanishing wetlands would no 

 longer exist. To date, less than 1,000 acres of coastal wetland 

 have been acquired at the town level of government. 



"A primary goal of every coastal commission should be to acquire 

 and place under permanent protection, at least one of its more 

 important tidemarsh areas" (V-3-16). 



