WOLFEBORO — State Parks and Recreation Director Phil Bryce alerted members of the Mount Washington Commission at their virtual meeting on Friday, Jan. 29, to a major change in the operation of the “state side” of the now permanently financed Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The state no longer determines how this money will be spent; instead, the decisions are made in Washington.
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