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Speaker 1: Catherine Lang with the Conservation Law Foundation says the Nature

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Speaker 1: for All Fund would take a small percentage of the

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Speaker 1: existing sales tax on sporting goods and use it to

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Speaker 1: create a dedicated revenue stream for land and water protection

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Speaker 1: in the state.

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Speaker 2: Residents across the state deserve equal access to outdoor green spaces.

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Speaker 2: This fund will help us create and steward more of

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Speaker 2: those spaces across the state. Masthewsetts is a leader an

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Speaker 2: outdoor recreation. We are a leader in protecting nature. But

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Speaker 2: to keep being a leader, we need new ideas and

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Speaker 2: new funding to make that happen.

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Speaker 1: They've already collected more than one hundred thousand signatures as

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Speaker 1: part of an effort to get it down the ballot

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Speaker 1: in November in case the legislature doesn't make it happen.

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Speaker 1: From the State House, Carl Stevens WWZ, Boston's news radio