Senator Lincoln Chafee today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to a categorical exclusion, thereby allowing the agency to spend $1.7 million to purchase a key parcel of undeveloped land on Block Island.
The 27-acre Boas Wash Pond property contains important shrub and wetland
habitat, and serves as a feeding ground for a number of migratory birds. Once
purchased, the property will become part of the Block Island National Wildlife
Refuge.
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Although the Fish and Wildlife Service had agreed to purchase the property in September, final
acquisition of the pond had been delayed by a requirement that the Service first
complete a Comprehensive Conservation Plan. Senator Chafee intervened to obtain
an exclusion from this requirement, thus helping to expedite the release of the
required federal funds.
