In
the end,
we will conserve only what we love,
we will love only what we understand,
we will understand only what we are taught.
-Senegalese
Proverb
Over
the past ten years, the National Park Service and members of Congress
have supported a community-based approach.
Since there are few properties on the Upper Taunton River protected by state, local or federal governments, a grassroots community effort is the only means of obtaining a wild and scenic designation. In the past, most rivers added to the Wild and Scenic River System have been on public lands.
"Never
doubt that a handful of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it
is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
Minutes to TRiver Committee Meetings and Other Communications
