Mon, 03/01/2021 - 4:15pm
Dear Editor:
Alna residents have supported strong protection for the Sheepscot River since at least 1974. That’s when Alna adopted its first Shoreline Zoning Ordinance.
The very first sentence of the Alna Comprehensive Plan, also adopted in 1974, says ”the first and most easily recognized goal is that of safeguarding the beauty and natural resources of Alna, the Sheepscot River and its banks, our wooded areas, open spaces and clean air.”
In 1993, residents revised Alna’s Shoreland Zoning Ordinance into the form it has today. Strong protections for the Sheepscot continued, including a prohibition on permanent structures in or along