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Other Letters of Support

Federal Agencies

US Fish & Wildlife Service, Eastern MA National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Tom Eagle, Acting Refuge Manager
U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, Keith Robinson, Director

MA Governor

Gov. Charles Baker

NH Governor

Gov. Christopher Sununu

State Agencies

MA Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton, Secretary
MA Department of Conservation and Recreation, Leo Roy, Commissioner
MA Department of Environmental Protection, Martin Suuberg, Commissioner
MA Department of Fish and Game, Ronald Amidon, Commissioner
MA Division of Ecological Restoration, Beth Lambert, Director
NH Department of Environmental Services, Robert Scott, Commissioner
NH Fish & Game Department, Glenn Normandeau, Executive Director

MA Legislators

James Eldridge, MA State Senator
Dean Tran, MA State Senator
Jennifer Benson, MA State Representative
Sheila Harrington, MA State Representative
Kate Hogan, MA State Representative
Harold Naughton, MA State Representative

NH Legislators

Jim Belanger, NH State Representative
John Carr, NH State Representative
Carolyn Gargasz, NH State Representative

National Heritage Area

Freedom's Way Heritage Association

Regional Planning Commissions

Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission
Nashua Regional Planing Commission
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments

Local Land Trusts

Bolton Conservation Trust
Dunstable Rural Land Trust
Groton Conservation Trust
Harvard Conservation Trust
Lancaster Land Trust
Nashoba Conservation Trust
Nissitissit River Land Trust
North County Land Trust
Piscataquog Land Conservancy
Townsend Conservation Land Trust

Regional Land Trusts and Conservation Organizations

Beaver Brook Association
Groton Turtle Conservation
Lancaster Friends of the Nashua River
Mass Audubon
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Massachusetts Watershed Council
Middlesex Conservation District
Nashua River Watershed Association
New England Forestry Foundation
New Hampshire Audubon
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
The Merrimack Conservation Partnership
The Nature Conservancy, Massachusetts Chapter
The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter
The Trustees of Reservations
The Trust for Public Land
Worcester County Conservation District

Recreation Organizations

Ayer Parks Commission
Ducks Unlimited, Nashua River Chapter
Friends of Nashua River Rail Trail
Groton Greenway Committee
Groton Trails Committee
Pepperell Horse Owners Association
Squannacook Greenways, Inc.
Townsend Rod and Gun Club
Trout Unlimited, Squann-a-tissit Chapter
Worcester County League of Sportsmen's Clubs

Historical and Cultural Organizations

Groton History Center
Townsend Historical Society

Schools and Teachers

Carrie Boyden, Memorial Middle School Teacher
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
Groton School, Andy Anderson
Lawrence Academy
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Karen Bennett, Extension Forestry Professor and Specialist

Businesses, Chambers of Commerce, Rotaries, and Town Office of Community & Economic Development

Town of Ayer, Office of Community and Economic Development
Evening Sun Fly Shop
Hollingsworth & Vose Company
Ice House Partners
Nashoba Paddler, LLC
Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club of Ayer-Harvard-Shirley
Rotary Club of Hollis Brookline

Individuals

Bill Biswanger, Townsend MA, avid fisherman and columnist
Eileen Donoghue, City Manager of Lowell, MA and former MA State Senator
Bob Durand, President of Durand & Anastas Environmental Strategies, and former MA Secretary of Environmental Affairs
Judd Gregg, former NH Senator and former NH Governor
Libby Herland, former Refuge Manager, Eastern MA National Wildlife Refuge Complex, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Leslie Luchonok, former Director of Area of Critical Environmental Concern Program at MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Marion Stoddart, NRWA Founder, Ayer, MA
Dr. Michael Volmar, Archaeologist and former Chief Curator at Fruitlands Museum

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