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Conservation Lands Audit And Online Inventory For Dover, Nh, Christopher Kane Jan 2011

Conservation Lands Audit And Online Inventory For Dover, Nh, Christopher Kane

PREP Reports & Publications

This project developed a functional inventory of the numerous conservation lands located throughout the City of Dover. The City’s inventory of conservation lands was disjointed and clearly in need of organization. A consultant was hired to conduct the research necessary to produce a complete, up to date and easily accessible “functional Inventory” that is readily accessible to municipal volunteers and the public through the City website.

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Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Working To Keep Our Water Clean, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Jan 2011

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Working To Keep Our Water Clean, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

PREP Reports & Publications

Project Highlights and Future Plans

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Testing Of Great Bay Oysters For Two Protozoan Pathogens, New Hampshire Fish And Game Department, Douglas E. Grout Jan 2011

Testing Of Great Bay Oysters For Two Protozoan Pathogens, New Hampshire Fish And Game Department, Douglas E. Grout

PREP Reports & Publications

Two protozoan pathogens, Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) and Perkinsus marinus (Dermo), are known to be present in Great Bay oysters. With funds provided by the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership ( PREP ), the Marine Fisheries Division of the New Ham pshire Fish and Game Department (NHF&G) continues to assess the presence and intensity of both of these disease conditions in oysters from the major beds within the Great Bay estuarine system. Histological examination s of Great Bay oysters have also revea led other endoparasites.

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Lamprey Watershed Education And Outreach, Lamprey River Watershed Association, Dawn Genes, Lamprey River Watershed Association. Lamprey River Nominating Committee Dec 2010

Lamprey Watershed Education And Outreach, Lamprey River Watershed Association, Dawn Genes, Lamprey River Watershed Association. Lamprey River Nominating Committee

PREP Reports & Publications

The Lamprey River Nomination Committee sought the assistance of the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) to complete an extensive and detailed information package to nominate the Lamprey River and its major tributaries to the NH Rivers Management and Protection Program. The nomination package was due at DES on June 1, 2010, was reviewed and accepted by the State Rivers Management Committee in September and forwarded to the Commissioner of DES. The nomination is now working through the NH legislature with hearings anticipated during the spring 2011 session. If passed, the bill should be signed by Governor Lynch in July of …

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Watershed Survey And Pilot Lcc Project, Norman Turgeon, Three Ponds Protective Association Dec 2010

Watershed Survey And Pilot Lcc Project, Norman Turgeon, Three Ponds Protective Association

PREP Reports & Publications

This describes two projects accomplished in 2010 by the Three Ponds Protective Association (TPPA) and several partners to identify and reduce soil erosion due to storm water runoff into the Milton Three Ponds

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Fertilizer And Stormwater Runoff Outreach Program In Newcastle, Nh, David Anderson Dec 2010

Fertilizer And Stormwater Runoff Outreach Program In Newcastle, Nh, David Anderson

PREP Reports & Publications

The New Hampshire Coastal Protection Partnership (NH Coast) implemented a year long pilot public education and outreach program in the Town of New Castle aimed at reducing nitrogen pollution from lawn fertilizers and promoting rain gardens as a solution to storm water runoff and nonpoint source pollution. A total of 77 landowners representing 138 acres of land pledged to either not use lawn fertilizers or use only low phosphorus, slow release nitrogen brands. The program also resulted in the installation of New Castle’s first demonstration rain garden.

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Analysis Of Nitrogen Loading Reductions For Wastewater Treatment Facilities And Non-Point Sources In The Great Bay Estuary Watershed, Philip Trowbridge, Thomas S. Burack, Michael J. Walls, Harry T. Stewart Dec 2010

Analysis Of Nitrogen Loading Reductions For Wastewater Treatment Facilities And Non-Point Sources In The Great Bay Estuary Watershed, Philip Trowbridge, Thomas S. Burack, Michael J. Walls, Harry T. Stewart

PREP Reports & Publications

In 2009, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) published a proposal for numeric nutrient criteria for the Great Bay Estuary. The report found that total nitrogen concentrations in most of the estuary needed to be less than 0.3 mg N/L to prevent loss of eelgrass habitat and less than 0.45 mg N/L to prevent occurrences of low dissolved oxygen. Based on these criteria and an analysis of a compilation of data from at least seven different sources, DES concluded that 11 of the 18 subestuaries in the Great Bay Estuary were impaired for nitrogen. Under the Clean Water …

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Conserving The Pawtuckaway River Focus Area And Kennard Hill Focus Area : Final Report, Brian Hart Sep 2010

Conserving The Pawtuckaway River Focus Area And Kennard Hill Focus Area : Final Report, Brian Hart

PREP Reports & Publications

The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership provided $8,000 to support the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire’s land conservation work within the Pawtuckaway River and Kennard Hill Focus Areas, two areas identified by the Land Conservation Plan for New Hampshire’s Coastal Watershed. Through this grant, the Southeast Land Trust has: permanently conserved two parcels totaling 90.55 acres within the Pawtuckaway River Focus Area; entered into four agreements to acquire and conserve 221.4 acres within the Pawtuckaway River Focus Area and 190 acres within the Kennard Hill Focus Area; and facilitated, through the Wetlands Reserve Program, the protection of 60 acres within …

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Eelgrass Distribution In The Great Bay Estuary For 2009 : Final Report, Frederick T. Short Sep 2010

Eelgrass Distribution In The Great Bay Estuary For 2009 : Final Report, Frederick T. Short

PREP Reports & Publications

Eelgrass in the Great Bay Estuary in 2009 was once again present only in Great Bay itself and in Portsmouth Harbor. For the second year in a row, there was no eelgrass in Little Bay or in the Piscataqua River. In 2009, there was a continued loss of eelgrass biomass in Great Bay; there has been a 66.4% loss of biomass in Great Bay since 1996 and distribution is 30% less than in 1996. Although eelgrass distribution in Great Bay itself increased between 2008 and 2009, primarily due to continued expansion from natural seeding of bare areas, the Bay’s eelgrass …

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Results Of The Gulfwatch 2010 Samples : Memorandum, Matthew A. Wood Sep 2010

Results Of The Gulfwatch 2010 Samples : Memorandum, Matthew A. Wood

PREP Reports & Publications

The purpose of this memorandum is to document the sample collection activities for Gulfwatch 2010. .

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Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2009, Ted Walsh, Philip Trowbridge Jun 2010

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2009, Ted Walsh, Philip Trowbridge

PREP Reports & Publications

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the Great Bay Estuary are a growing concern. The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) calculates the nitrogen load from tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary for its State of the Estuaries reports. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to collect representative data on nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment concentrations in tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary in 2009. The study design followed the tributary sampling design which was implemented by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services between 2001 and 2007 and by the University of New Hampshire in 2008, so as to …

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Shoreland And Riparian Buffer Regulations For The Town Of Raymond Prep Local Grants Program 2008 Final Project Report, Town Of Raymond, New Hampshire, Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission Jun 2010

Shoreland And Riparian Buffer Regulations For The Town Of Raymond Prep Local Grants Program 2008 Final Project Report, Town Of Raymond, New Hampshire, Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission

PREP Reports & Publications

In September of 2007, SNHPC applied to PREP’s Local Grant Program seeking $5,000 to help develop local shoreland protection ordinances consistent with the state’s Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act regulations. This project was modeled on similar PREP-supported projects completed in the towns of Candia and Deerfield. The Raymond Conservation Commission served as the primary municipal board involved with this project. PREP funded the project and ensured that it was coordinated with other natural resource planning efforts underway with the town via the Natural Resources Outreach Coalition.

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Town Of Hampton Stormwater Management Prep Natural Resources Outreach Coalition Grant Final Project Report, Town Of Hampton, New Hampshire, Natural Resources Outreach Coalition Jun 2010

Town Of Hampton Stormwater Management Prep Natural Resources Outreach Coalition Grant Final Project Report, Town Of Hampton, New Hampshire, Natural Resources Outreach Coalition

PREP Reports & Publications

PREP provided $3,500 towards the project which was matched by municipal funds to pay for consulting advice on improving the regulations. The Planning Board provided exceptional in-kind match on the project, with many hours of work spent by a volunteer engineer serving on the Board. On February 12th 2009, Hampton’s Innovative Land Use Team, in coordination with NROC, hosted a community workshop on stormwater issues that was well attended by municipal officials, town staff, and members of the public. After many revisions, the Planning Board formally adopted the approved stormwater management provisions into the town site plan and subdivision regulations …

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The Land Conservation Plan For Maine’S Piscataqua Region Watersheds, Steve Walker, Tin Smith, Paul Schumacher, Jason Czapiga, Derek Sowers, Jamie Oman-Saltmarsh, Paul Dest Jun 2010

The Land Conservation Plan For Maine’S Piscataqua Region Watersheds, Steve Walker, Tin Smith, Paul Schumacher, Jason Czapiga, Derek Sowers, Jamie Oman-Saltmarsh, Paul Dest

PREP Reports & Publications

The Piscataqua River/Great Bay estuary is a shared coastal embayment that forms the southernmost boundary between the states of Maine and New Hampshire. This rich coastal bay provides critical ecological, economic, and social benefits to the southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire region. The Great Bay estuary is such an important coastal resource that it is officially recognized as a coastal area of national significance by both the federal National Estuary Program and the federal National Estuarine Research Reserve program. The Piscataqua River/Great Bay estuary is fed by many rivers in New Hampshire, and by the Salmon Falls River, Great …

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River Road New Castle Marsh Restoration Recommendations, Rockingham County Conservation District Jun 2010

River Road New Castle Marsh Restoration Recommendations, Rockingham County Conservation District

PREP Reports & Publications

PREP’s 2009 (YR 13) workplan allocated $30,000 of EPA 320 funds for restoration project funding (Workplan ID 09-D-2). $9,500 of this allocation went to the Rockingham County Conservation District (RCCD) to fund planning work on two separate salt marsh restoration projects: 1. Stuart Farm (Stratham, NH) 2. River Road Marsh (New Castle, NH)

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Shoreland Protection In Maine Communities Of The Piscataqua River Estuary, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission May 2010

Shoreland Protection In Maine Communities Of The Piscataqua River Estuary, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission

PREP Reports & Publications

The Management Plan for the Piscataqua Rive r Estuary Program’s (PREP) includes several action plans to improve municipal regulatory protections for stream and wetland buffers. This project objective was to identify and prioritize appropriate shoreland areas for protection within Maine towns that are within the PREP region, and inform municipalities and land trusts about these areas, and the importance for protecting them.

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Implementation Of The Great Works River Non-Point Source Pollution Watershed Management Plan, Tin Smith May 2010

Implementation Of The Great Works River Non-Point Source Pollution Watershed Management Plan, Tin Smith

PREP Reports & Publications

This project was a collaboration between the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Great Works Regional Land Trust, and the Great Works River Watershed Coalition to implement five of the “Highest Priority” tasks from the Action Plan of the Great Works River Nonpoint Source Pollution Watershed Management Plan (2007). The Great Works River drains 6 towns in southwest coastal Maine flowing into the estuary portion of the Salmon Falls and Piscataqua Rivers. The project included involving a steering committee of stakeholders, a buffer outreach effort, updating water quality data, invasive species education, improving access to information, and developing a plan for …

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Town Of Brentwood Stormwater Management Project, Vanasse Hangen & Brustlin May 2010

Town Of Brentwood Stormwater Management Project, Vanasse Hangen & Brustlin

PREP Reports & Publications

Vanasse Hangen & Brustlin (VHB) worked with the Brentwood Planning Board to develop and adopt a stormwater management ordinance intended to improve development practices primarily for commercial sites and new subdivisions.

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Stonehouse Pond Conservation, Gregg Caporossi Apr 2010

Stonehouse Pond Conservation, Gregg Caporossi

PREP Reports & Publications

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is partnering with New Hampshire Fish and Game, the Town of Barrington, and Strafford Rivers Conservancy to complete the Stonehouse Pond Conservation Project - a collaborative effort to protect 241 forested acres surrounding Stonehouse Pond in New Hampshire's fast growing coastal region. The property, located within a 4,200-acre block of unfragmented forest, has been recognized as a conservation priority in the NH Wildlife Action Plan and the Land Conservation Plan for the NH's Coastal Watersheds, and is part of TPL's broader Coastal Conservation Initiative. TPL has secured an option to purchase the properties …

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Stewardship Plan For Garrity Reserve, Lee, Nh, Ellen Snyder Apr 2010

Stewardship Plan For Garrity Reserve, Lee, Nh, Ellen Snyder

PREP Reports & Publications

The 16.02-acre Garrity Reserve lies on the west side of Garrity Road in the northeast region of the Town of Lee, New Hampshire (Map 1). The Garrity Reserve is identified on the Lee Tax Map as Map 9 Lots 3- 0 and 3-1 (Appendix A). The parcel has just over 790-feet of frontage on Garrity Road. There is no parking on the property; visitors park on the opposite side of Garrity Road, alongside the Gluke cemetery. The property is bordered by a residential subdivision to the west and rural residences to the north and south. A large portion of the …

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Stewardship Plan For The 5 Corners Reserve, Lee, Nh, Ellen Snyder Apr 2010

Stewardship Plan For The 5 Corners Reserve, Lee, Nh, Ellen Snyder

PREP Reports & Publications

The 20.7–acre Lee Five Corners Reserve (Reserve) is located north of Route 4 and west of Snell Road in the northern “Five Corners” region of Lee, New Hampshire. The property is accessed at the end of Old Concord Turnpike, which leads northwest from Snell Road near the intersection of Route 155 (Map 1). The gravel access road continues through the Five Corners Reserve and onto a Town of Durham parcel that houses a public drinking water well. An iron gate that blocks public access to the Durham well site is located on the Five Corners Reserve. A small parking area …

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Review Of Erosion And Sedimentation Control Programs In The Piscataqua Region, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, Ken Hickey, Cayce Dalton, Jeff Clifford Mar 2010

Review Of Erosion And Sedimentation Control Programs In The Piscataqua Region, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, Ken Hickey, Cayce Dalton, Jeff Clifford

PREP Reports & Publications

The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) seeks to minimize adverse impacts to water resources associated with construction site development activities. In order to achieve this goal, PREP must understand the strengths and weaknesses of existing erosion and sedimentation control (E&SC) programs in the 52 municipalities of the PREP water shed (Figure 1-1). A detailed understanding of the existing E&SC programs will enable PREP and other stakeholders to identify and implement actions to improve E&SC programs and minimize adverse impacts. This report provides a review and assessment of existing erosion and sedimentation control programs and a set of recommendations for improving …

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The Oyster River Culvert Analysis Project, L. Stack, M. H, Simpson, T. Crosslin, Robert Roseen, D. Sowers, C. Lawson Mar 2010

The Oyster River Culvert Analysis Project, L. Stack, M. H, Simpson, T. Crosslin, Robert Roseen, D. Sowers, C. Lawson

PREP Reports & Publications

Studies have already detected intensification of precipitation events consistent with climate change projections. Communities may have a window of opportunity to prepare, but information sufficiently quantified and localized to support adaptation programs is sparse: published literature is typically characterized by general resilience building or regional vulnerability studies. The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC observed that adaptation can no longer be postponed pending the effective elimination of uncertainty. Methods must be developed that manage residual uncertainty, providing community leaders with decision-support information sufficient for implementing infrastructure adaptation programs. This study developed a local-scale and actionable protocol for maintaining historical risk …

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Town Of New Durham Stormwater Management & Erosion Control Project, Town Of Durham Mar 2010

Town Of New Durham Stormwater Management & Erosion Control Project, Town Of Durham

PREP Reports & Publications

Appledore Engineering worked with the New Durham Planning Board to develop a stormwater management and erosion control ordinance and to adopt complimentary improvements to the town’s site plan review and subdivision regulations.

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Piscataqua Region Environmental Planning Assessment, Derek Sowers Mar 2010

Piscataqua Region Environmental Planning Assessment, Derek Sowers

PREP Reports & Publications

The Piscataqua Region Environmental Planning Assessment (PREPA) was conducted to document the current status of environmental planning efforts and land use regulations for each of the 42 New Hampshire municipalities and 10 Maine municipalities (city and town governments) in the Piscataqua Region. The assessment involved analysis of over 80 questions associated with municipal regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to resource management. The assessment theme areas include land protection, wildlife habitat, stormwater management, erosion/sediment control, wetland and shoreland protections, floodplain management, and drinking water source protection, among others. Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) staff and Land Use Team worked closely with a …

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Town Of Newington Stormwater Management Project, Town Of Newington Mar 2010

Town Of Newington Stormwater Management Project, Town Of Newington

PREP Reports & Publications

The UNH Stormwater Center worked with the Newington Planning Board to improve the town’s site plan review regulations to better manage stormwater.

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Town Of Milton Shoreland Protection Project, Town Of Milton Shoreland Protection Project Mar 2010

Town Of Milton Shoreland Protection Project, Town Of Milton Shoreland Protection Project

PREP Reports & Publications

Mettee Planning Consultants (MPC) worked with the Milton Conservation Commission to evaluate and streamline the town’s water resource protection regulations. One of the outcomes was revision and passage of a Shoreland Protection Overlay District as part of the town’s zoning ordinance.

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Optical Brightener Study Of Spruce Creek, Town Of Kittery, Me, Fb Environmental Associates, Inc. Feb 2010

Optical Brightener Study Of Spruce Creek, Town Of Kittery, Me, Fb Environmental Associates, Inc.

PREP Reports & Publications

Elevated bacteria levels in the Spruce Creek Watershed have led to shellfish bed closures in the Spruce Creek Estuary and impaired waters listings by the State of Maine. Since 2005, the Town of Kittery, Spruce Creek Association and numerous partners have assessed the local waters to attempt to determine the sources of bacteria impairment. Stormwater outfalls and residential septic systems have been identified as potential sources of impairment. To help address these concerns, the Town of Kittery received a grant in 2009 through the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership to further investigate potential bacteria hotspots. Project staff worked with Federal, State …

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Stewardship Plan Isinglass River Conservation Reserve, Strafford, Nh, Ellen Snyder, Dan Sperduto Feb 2010

Stewardship Plan Isinglass River Conservation Reserve, Strafford, Nh, Ellen Snyder, Dan Sperduto

PREP Reports & Publications

In addition to the significant frontage on the Isinglass River, the Hanson Lot supports myriad wetlands – vernal pools, beaver flowages, forested swamps, meadow marshes, and scrub-shrub wetlands. These are embedded within a hemlock – oak – beech - pine forest that was heavily logged in 1998. A plan to build a large 58- to 70-lot residential subdivision on the property was averted by the acquisition of the Hanson Lot as permanent conservation land. The Bedford property is also mostly wooded; the forest was carefully managed by previous owners and therefore retains a mix of tree species and ages. Together …

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Evaluation Of Post Restoration Conditions At Little River Marsh In North Hampton, New Hampshire, David M. Burdick, Chris Peter, Rober Vincent Jan 2010

Evaluation Of Post Restoration Conditions At Little River Marsh In North Hampton, New Hampshire, David M. Burdick, Chris Peter, Rober Vincent

Natural Resources & the Environment

The goals of the restoration project at Little River were two-fold: 1) restore ecological function of the marsh by reestablishing regular tidal flooding; and 2) reduce the frequency and severity of local flooding to surrounding landowners. Our report documents substantial progress toward the first goal using regional monitoring protocols to assess four functional areas: hydrology, soils, vegetation and nekton. Installation of two large box culverts (each 1.8 by 3.6 m in cross-section) greatly enhanced tidal flow and freshwater drainage. The tide range increased from 0.5 to 1.4 m during spring tides and now even neap high tides flood most of …

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