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PROCLAMATION `` `
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WHEREAS, wetlands play a significant role in the health of Earth's �
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treatment and storm water control; and
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WHEREAS, The City of Ashland is currently constructing a wetlands
and soil filter system to demonstrate the effectiveness of a
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WHEREAS, this addition to the City of Ashland will create a pleasant
park along the Bear Creek Greenway where people can :;
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• _,�:i NOW, THEREFORE, I, Catherine M. Golden, Mayor of the City of Ashland
do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1997 as
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NATIONAL WETLANDS MONTH �)
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tee' and call upon the citizens of Ashland to observe the importance of wetlands and
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Dated this 20th day of May, 1997. ',1'
Catherine M. Golden Mayor
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