CRC President testified at the budget hearing which was chaired by EOEEA Secretary Richard Sullivan. DCR Commissioner Ed Lambert was also there. In addition to the support of the Green Budget put forward by the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) that asks for 1% for the Environment, the CRC encourages the DCR to look for increased revenue from developments that benefit from public investments.
Click here to read the letter to Secretary Sullivan regarding DCR's 2013 budget
Creating more revenue for DCR and having beneficiaries of state owned land pay fair rents has been an issue that the Charles River Conservancy has advocated for over the years. Read about the Commissioner's proposed review of rents and the DCR's revenue retention proposal, which are a step in the right direction.