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As of 2008, over 3,600 members supported SVT’s work in 36 different towns in the watershed. SVT is responsible for the protection and care of over 100 properties totaling more than 3,300 acres (13 km) of diverse conservation lands that include wetlands, sensitive habitats, trails and other open
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They mailed a form letter inviting people to become members for a fee of $ 3.00. SVT grew to a couple hundred members within a year or two. SVT publications emphasizing the importance of flood plain marshes led to the first flood plain zoning in the northeast. Thanks to SVT advocacy, most of the
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