Raft fee would channel money to cyanobacteria, navigation funds

Raft fee would channel money to cyanobacteria, navigation funds

Toxins in cyanobacteria blooms are harmful to people and animals. (N.H. Department of Environmental Services, des.nh.gov.)A proposed $50 registration fee for “anchored seasonal floating platforms,” which swimmers and lakeside vacationers might better know as “rafts,” moved ahead in the House on Thursday.  The chamber voted, 284-47, in favor of passing House Bill 1477, with an amendment to exempt rafts used for aquaculture. Half of the fee would …