How did TRPA come into existence?
A In 1996, a local physician, Callum Bain, and several Talbot County residents formed TRPA out of concern that regulations and laws governing pollution of our rivers were not being enforced. At the same time our countys land was being developed rapidly and it was thought that these developments, and the resultant storm water runoff which would harm nearby rivers and streams, were routinely being approved by local governments without apparent due consideration of their environmental impacts.
