Tyrone vindicated on wetlands matter

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Tyrone vindicated on wetlands matter

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During the

staff comment portion of the Tyrone Town Council meeting last Thursday

night, town manager Barry Amos told the council about the results of an

investigation into whether or not the construction of Handley Fields destroyed

wetlands.

Amos said that

at a previous meeting local environmental activist Dennis Chase accused

the town of destroying wetlands by building the Handley Park fields. The

town paid for consultants and the Army Corps of Engineers to study the

area and to see if any wrongdoing occurred.

"The results

found that the town had done no wrong and that if there were any wetlands

destroyed it was a minimal amount that would not have been covered by

a Wetlands Protection Program," said Amos.

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