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Buffer zone information meetings scheduled in P.E.I.

March 23, 2009, Charlottetown, PEI – The P.E.I. Department of
Environment, Energy and Forestry is partnering with local watershed
groups to hold information sessions on the new watercourse and wetland
protection regulations.

March 23, 2009, Charlottetown, PEI – The P.E.I. Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry is partnering with local watershed groups to hold information sessions on the new watercourse and wetland protection regulations.

Meetings will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the following locations; all member of the public are invited to attend:

• March 24 – Dutch Inn, Cornwall, in cooperation with Friends of Covehead and Brackley Bay
• March 25 – Kensington Intermediate Senior High
• March 26 – O’Leary Consolidated Elementary School, in cooperation with Trout Unlimited Canada, Prince County Chapter

New buffer zone regulations are making it simpler for landowners to know where to plant crops and where to let undisturbed vegetation protect valuable watercourses and wetlands.

Information on Prince Edward Island’s new buffer zone regulations is available at www.gov.pe.ca/go/bufferzones.