City Of Boston: Applications Open For Community Advisory Board For Wetlands Ordinance

Boston MA

03 June, 2021

1:39 PM

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Press release from the City of Boston: June 2, 2021 This Community Advisory Board will work to development guidelines for the climate resilience, equity, and environmental justice aspects of the Wetlands Protection Ordinance. This Community Advisory Board will work to development guidelines for the climate resilience, equity, and environmental justice aspects of the Wetlands Protection Ordinance. The Conservation Commission is committed to We have been developing regulations in three phases. Phase III is now underway and we are looking for residents to apply for the Community Advisory Board to work alongside the City and help develop regulations for the climate resilience, equity, and environmental justice aspects of the Wetlands Protection Ordinance. providing insight into the social, economic, and cultural impacts of climate change on Boston's environmental justice populations identifying prior and ongoing work and community feedback that may inform this new project sharing existing resources and maintaining transparency about the process with the broader community helping to determine opportunities for community engagement, collect community feedback, and identify barriers to obtaining feedback, and informing and refining the climate resilience and environmental justice regulations and guidelines to ensure that they reflect and address community priorities. English Español (Spanish) 中文 (Chinese) Tiếng việt (Vietnamese) Kriolu (Cabo Verdean creole) Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole) English Español (Spanish) 中文 (Chinese) Tiếng việt (Vietnamese) Kriolu (Cabo Verdean creole) Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole) Phase I adopted a set of administrative and procedural regulations. Phase I adopted a set of administrative and procedural regulations. Phase II prioritized developing regulations for land subject to: coastal storm flowage isolated vegetated wetlands, and vernal pools and their habitats. Regulations are now open for comment. Phase III is focusing on the Wetlands Protection Ordinance's integration of: climate resilience equity, and environmental justice. This press release was produced by the City of Boston. The views expressed here are the author's own.