5.06.010 Declaration of Policy

It is the public policy of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe to preserve, protect and conserve wetlands and the benefits that they provide, to prevent the pollution and destruction of wetlands, and to regulate the use and development of such wetlands to secure to the people of Akwesasne their natural benefits, consistent with the general welfare and beneficial economic, social, cultural and agricultural development of Akwesasne.