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Outreach Highlights. . .Water is a Key to The Last Green Valley
Historically, small rivers and streams of New England were the lifeblood of its inland cities and towns, powering the mills and small factories that drove the development, sustainability and quality of life that so many communities have long embraced. And, insists Bob Levite, a specialist with UMass Extension’s Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, those water resources remain a critical key to the future of the south-central Massachusetts towns that comprise the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley. Called “The Last Green Valley in the Boston-to-Washington Corridor,” the Quinebaug and Shetucket region encompasses 1,085 square miles in the Massachusetts towns of Dudley, Oxford, Webster, Charlton, Sturbridge, Southbridge, Brimfield, Holland and East Brookfield – as well as 26 others in Connecticut. In 1994, the federal government established the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor. |
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