Dear Maine Conservation Voter,

Clean water is the foundation of life. Healthy streams and rivers feed clean drinking water sources and welcome us to safely swim and fish. Maine’s rivers are clean thanks to strong state and federal protections.

That’s why Maine’s Environmental Priorities Coalition (EPC) [[link removed]] selected LD 1964 as one of our priority bills this legislative session. This bill will upgrade water quality standards and increase protections on more than 800 miles of rivers and streams in Maine including the West Branch of the Penobscot above Ambajejus Lake, the South Branch of the Sandy River, Orbeton Stream and its tributaries, the Little Narraguagus River, and many more. The hearing for this bill is next week.

Join the EPC in supporting clean water by submitting testimony today!
1. Visit the Maine Legislature's Testimony Submission and Sign-Up page: [[link removed]]
2. Select the type of hearing: Public hearing
3. Select the committee: Environment and Natural Resources
4. Select the time and date of the hearing: February 28th, 9:00 a.m.
5. Select the bill you’d like to submit testimony on: LD 1964, An Act To Update Certain Water Quality Standards and to Reclassify Certain Waters of the State
6. If you’d like to only submit written testimony, you can either upload a file or type the testimony in the box provided.
If you’d like to testify live at the hearing, you can click the appropriate box and click if you are for or against the bill - we’re for it!
7. View the EPC’s fact sheet:[[link removed]]
and NRCM, the bill lead’s blog post: [[link removed]]
for talking points and more background to help you write your testimony.
8. Fill out your contact information, and submit your testimony. You're done, great job!

Every three years, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recommends upgrades for water bodies when they should receive a higher level of protection from pollution - LD 1964 is this year’s recommendation.

Please reach out to me if you have questions or need assistance submitting your testimony.

Thank you so much for taking action,

Beth Ahearn

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