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Omnibus Public Land Management Act Of 2009

Floor Speech

Date: March 11, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Animals and Wildlife Environment Federal, State and Local Relations Housing and Property

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Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. I thank the chairman for his work on this bill, and let me give yet another example of the good work that has been put into this bill.

For years there have been hundreds of volunteers and land conservationists from throughout Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts who put their time into preserving and upkeeping the Triple M Trail, the Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail. For years they have asked for a Federal partnership to work along with them to preserve this incredibly important resource for the more than 2 million people throughout the northeast who live within 10 miles of what we refer to as the Triple M Trail.

This 220-mile trail goes from southern New Hampshire's southern border all the way down to Long Island Sound and provides limitless opportunities for hikers and bikers and nature enthusiasts throughout the Northeast. This legislation, giving Federal designation to this trail, is going to provide, I think, a very important lasting partnership between the Federal Government, private landowners and local conservation groups to preserve this for generations to come, and I urge passage of this legislation.

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