Chief Patron: Landes
Center for Coldwaters Restoration (language only)

Item 361 #1h

Language
Page 246, after line 33, insert:
"C.1.  The department shall evaluate the possibility of relocating any of its leased regional office space within a renovated facility developed as a Center for Coldwaters Restoration along the South River in downtown Waynesboro.
2.  The department may approach public colleges and universities about the possibility of locating any of those public colleges and universities' freshwater species, habitat, or pollution research activities in this same facility."

Explanation
(This amendment directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to evaluate whether any of its leased regional office space may be relocated within a renovated facility that will be developed as a Center for Coldwaters Restoration along the South River in downtown Waynesboro. DGIF may also discuss with public colleges and universities the possibility of locating any of their freshwater species, habitat, or pollution research programs in this same facility.)