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• The quality of our environment in general is of great importance to me. Clean water is an essential ingredient in the blend. • The Mill Race requires additional water flow to assure healthy wildlife habitat. 6. What kinds of things indicate to you environmental quality in a body of water? • Healthy ecosystem • Riparian habitat and aquatic species; or lack thereof. • Lack of contamination from pollutants. Banks are not threatened by nearby construction vegetation on disturbed • Natural riparian settings without significant human impact. Clean, flowing water capable of supporting wildlife. • Presence of contaminants and pollutants • Ability to support fish and aquatic life. 7. Do you think that the current efforts to improve environmental quality in the Metro area waterways are too little, too much, or about right? ~ Too little Q Too much Q About right 7a. If you answered "too little", what do you think is the MAIN problem which hampers environmental restoration efforts? . • Lack of money (all spent on bombs at the federal level) • Lack of political will to fund projects through design, implementation, and monitoring. A twenty year plan. • Indifference, too small a budget • Lack of funding 8. To be effective, some measures to improve the health of these waterways might have to be made into law and enforced by government. Generally, how would you feel about this? Q I would be strongly opposed. 0 I would be somewhat opposed. ~ I would be somewhat in favor. 5 I would be strongly in favor. 9. If you wanted more specific information on waterways, where would you be most likely to get it: from newspapers, from magazines, radio, television, the Internet, newsletters, from other people, or from some other source? ~ ,Newspapers ~ The Internet Q Magazines ~ Other people 2 Radio 5 Newsletters ~ Television 1 Other: Long Tom River Metro Waterways Study -Citizen Involvement Summary Report -March 2005 27