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Merger of New Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Under Way

June 6, 2012

Contact: Amy Higgins
207-287-2735

AUGUSTA, Maine—As the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Conservation gets under way, a series of public stakeholder meetings has been scheduled to start this month. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb and Department of Conservation Commissioner Bill Beardsley encourage Mainers to participate in the public forums which are designed to gather suggestions, comments and ideas about the merger process.

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