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Watershed
Advocacy
The Saugus River Watershed Council
provides written comments and testifies at public hearings
during the environmental permitting process for major
development projects that could have a significant impact
on the natural resources of the watershed. Our priorities
include protecting buffer zones, preventing increased
stormwater pollution, and protecting fisheries. Some of
the projects we are currently monitoring and commenting
on include:
- Redevelopment
of the Sheraton Colonial Property (212 acres) (Lynnfield,
Wakefield)
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Saugus River Turning Basin Project, Saugus Iron Works,
(Saugus)
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Tennessee Gas Pipeline - 7.5 linear miles (Lynnfield,
Wakefield and Saugus)
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BJ’s Wholesale Warehouse and Planned Unit Development
(19 acres) (Revere)
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Redevelopment of the South Harbor Site (Lynn)
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Residential Development at 71 North Shore Road (Revere)
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DCR Rumney Marsh Gateway Project, Eastern Avenue (Saugus)
- Municipal
projects to upgrade sewer and storm drainage systems
(Saugus, Lynn and Revere)
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Lake Quannapowitt, Cleanup of Contaminated Sediments
(Wakefield)
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