Several Western Massachusetts officials are asking the state to fund $100 million to create the Connecticut River Watershed Fund as a part of the Environmental Bond Bill, which has been in the works for months in the Legislature.
The letter from the office of state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, to Energy and Environment Secretary Rebecca Tepper was signed and supported by officials from seven cities and nine towns, 13 state legislators and two regional planning agencies as an effort to meet the watershed’s new needs brought on by human-caused climate change.
The Connecticut River runs from Quebec to the Long Island Sound, with 67.7 miles of the river and its tributaries running through Western Massachusetts.
