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Restoring Salt Marsh And Functions To Newly Acquired Shoreline In North Mill Pond, Portsmouth, David M. Burdick
Restoring Salt Marsh And Functions To Newly Acquired Shoreline In North Mill Pond, Portsmouth, David M. Burdick
PREP Reports & Publications
A berm of construction debris used to fill salt marsh and steepen the shoreline along North Mill Pond many decades ago was removed in 2010 after the land was deeded to the City. Removal of the berm reestablished regular tidal flooding to over 2,400 ft2 of tidal marsh. From 2009 to 2011, the fifth grade classes at New Franklin School learned about the project and planted mussels, shrubs and marsh plants at the site. Plant survival was excellent in the low marsh (94%) and good in the high marsh (77%). By September 2011 (Year Two) plant cover increased to 42% …
Invasive Species Management And Buffer Outreach On Goss Farm, Rye, Nh, Rockingham County Conservation District
Invasive Species Management And Buffer Outreach On Goss Farm, Rye, Nh, Rockingham County Conservation District
PREP Reports & Publications
The Goss Farm was permanently protected in November of 2010 with assistance from the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) and is located directly adjacent to the Awcomin Salt Marsh, in Rye, New Hampshire. The Town of Rye Conservation Commission owns the land, and the RCCD holds the conservation easement on the property. The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) provided $9,930 in funding assistance to support the Rockingham County Conservation District in its partnership capacity with the Rye Conservation Commission and other natural resource agencies to complete outreach, to plan and complete integrated pest …
Protecting A Portion Of The Beaver Dam Heath Conservation Focus Area And Initiating Innovative Conservation Financing In Berwick, Maine, Great Works Regional Land Trust
Protecting A Portion Of The Beaver Dam Heath Conservation Focus Area And Initiating Innovative Conservation Financing In Berwick, Maine, Great Works Regional Land Trust
PREP Reports & Publications
This project permanently protected 28 acres in the Beaver Dam Heath Conservation Focus Area through a bargain sale of the fee simple interest. The Grants Meadow III parcel is 85% wetland. The remainder of the upland lies along Diamond Hill Road with adequate frontage for 2-3 house lots. This project involved outreach to the Town of Berwick for project funding to match the PREP funding awarded. GWRLT also received NAWCA funds to complete the project.
Promoting Land Conservation In The Coastal Watershed Through Local Faces, Special Places, Brian Hart
Promoting Land Conservation In The Coastal Watershed Through Local Faces, Special Places, Brian Hart
PREP Reports & Publications
The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership provided nearly $3,300.00 to support the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire’s (SELTNH) promotion of donated conservation easements in the coastal watershed of Rockingham County. The Southeast Land Trust produced three short web-friendly videos, explaining land conservation from the perspective of a tree farmer, vineyard owner, and a community leader. In addition, the Land Trust hosted two workshops in Kingston and Epping for landowners interested in learning more about the tax and financial benefits of land conservation. Workshop invitations were mailed to more than 1,200 current use landowners within the region. Twenty-two landowners attended the …
Developing 2010 Impervious Surface Estimates For The Piscataque Region Estuaries Partnership Towns, David G. Justice, Fay A. Rubin
Developing 2010 Impervious Surface Estimates For The Piscataque Region Estuaries Partnership Towns, David G. Justice, Fay A. Rubin
PREP Reports & Publications
Estimates of impervious surface acreage for 2010 were generated for the 59-town region covered by the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP). The project extended previous work done in the region for the years 1990, 2000, and 2005 and relied on the same satellite-based data sources and image processing methodologies. As a result, standardized impervious surface estimates are now available for a 20-year time period in the PREP region. The current project mapped impervious surfaces (buildings, pavement, etc.) based on a Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) image acquired on April 24, 2010. Processing used both traditional and sub-pixel image classification techniques, …
Shellfish Tissue Monitoring In Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2010: Final Report, Matthew A. Wood, Philip R. Trowbridge
Shellfish Tissue Monitoring In Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2010: Final Report, Matthew A. Wood, Philip R. Trowbridge
PREP Reports & Publications
Gulfwatch examines the effects of decades of development and industrialization on the water quality of the Gulf as it relates to human health primarily through assessing contaminant exposure of marine organisms. Gulfwatch scientists collect blue mussels at over 60 US and Canadian sites Gulfwide, and analyze the organisms’ tissue for potentially harmful levels and concentrations of toxins including heavy metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). New Hampshire increased the number of Gulfwatch sampling locations from two sites per year in 1997 to an average of five sites per year from 1998-2010. The increased spatial coverage …
Development Of Guidelines For Using Bioextraction Technologies To Manage Nutrients In New Hampshire's Estuarine Waters, Raymond E. Grizzle
Development Of Guidelines For Using Bioextraction Technologies To Manage Nutrients In New Hampshire's Estuarine Waters, Raymond E. Grizzle
PREP Reports & Publications
There is growing literature on bioextraction approaches to managing nutrients in coastal waters, and it includes studies using a variety of species. Bivalve mollusks and macroalgae have received the most attention for several reasons, but perhaps foremost because of their aquaculture potential. A December 2009 workshop at the University of Connecticut, which included speakers from several countries, indicated overall that although bioextraction approaches hold substantial potential there are still many unanswered questions. The present review takes a “what we know/what we need to know” perspective, and focuses on aquaculture. For some taxa (e.g., eastern oyster), wild populations occur in New …
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2010, New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services, Matthew A. Wood, Philip Trowbridge
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2010, New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services, Matthew A. Wood, 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 2010. 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 and 2009, so …
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2010, New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services, Matthew A. Wood, Philip Trowbridge
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2010, New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services, Matthew A. Wood, 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 2010. 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 and 2009, …
Experimental Quantification Of Nutrient Bioextracti On Potential Of Oysters In Estuarine Waters Of New Hampshire, Raymond E. Grizzle, Krystin M. Ward
Experimental Quantification Of Nutrient Bioextracti On Potential Of Oysters In Estuarine Waters Of New Hampshire, Raymond E. Grizzle, Krystin M. Ward
PREP Reports & Publications
This project was a short-term field experiment conducted in summer 2010 and designed to provide preliminary data on the bioextraction (removal) of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) for two different size classes (both <76mm shell height) of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) at six sites in the Great Bay estuarine system in New Hampshire. Sites were chosen to represent a range of ambient nutrient concentrations, water flow conditions, and location within the estuary. Two of the sites were at oyster aquaculture farms: Granite State Shellfish at the mouth of the Oyster River, and Little Bay Oyster Company near Fox Point in Little Bay. At each site, …
Restoring Native Oysters In Great Bay Estuary, Nh (2011), Ray Konisky, Raymond E. Grizzle, Krystin M. Ward
Restoring Native Oysters In Great Bay Estuary, Nh (2011), Ray Konisky, Raymond E. Grizzle, Krystin M. Ward
PREP Reports & Publications
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary has declined in the past decades, with local populations at very low densities due primarily to disease, excessive siltation, and past over-harvest. The loss of filtering oysters results in diminished ecological benefits for water quality, nitrogen control, and other services that healthy oyster populations provide. In support of regional management objectives to restore millions of oysters to the estuary, the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) piloted and scaled-up methods to successfully rebuild oyster reefs. Based on pilot results in 2009, we developed a technique …
Conservation Lands Audit And Online Inventory For Dover, Nh, Christopher Kane
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.
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Working To Keep Our Water Clean, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Working To Keep Our Water Clean, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
PREP Reports & Publications
Project Highlights and Future Plans
Testing Of Great Bay Oysters For Two Protozoan Pathogens, New Hampshire Fish And Game Department, Douglas E. Grout
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.