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Stormwater Management Bmp Report And Website: Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies Bmp Manual, Steve Couture

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The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) received money in 2001 from the New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) to create a manual and a website of Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technology Best Management Practices. The money was used to partially fund an intern position dedicated to the project and printing of the manual. The result of this project is an accessible resource to assist communities and developers in the selection of the best available stormwater treatment retrofits

State Of Our Estuaries 2003, New Hampshire Estuaries Project

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New Hampshire’s estuaries are dynamic, complex systems that greatly influence the Seacoast’s economy, communities, quality of life and environment.To understand how these systems function and to gauge their relative health, the New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) tracks key environmental indicators and evaluates their status against a set of management goals. This report communicates the status of 12 of the 30 environmental indicators tracked by the NHEP. For each indicator it provides the reader with the associated NHEP management goal, explanation of supporting data, and some of the NHEP supported activities that help achieve the management goal.

Shellfish Population And Bed Dimension Assessment In The Great Bay Estuary, Brian Smith

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This final report details a study funded by the NHEP over the course of 2001-02. The NHF&G Department was funded to delineate oyster bed size and density, monitor oyster disease, and examine the density of clam concentrations in the Great Bay Estuary.

Community Conservation Assistance, Frank Mitchell

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The Community Conservation Assistance Project had the following goal and objectives: Goal: Sustain and protect open space lands identified by communities and land trusts as critical to water quality and biodiversity through voluntary land conservation. Objectives: 1. With the SPNHF and other partners, establish a seacoast office for the Center for Land Conservation Assistance. 2. Provide education to various audiences in the seacoast region. 3. Create a library of relevant materials 4. Develop and compile publications 5. Establish with the SPNHF and other partners and participate in the first annual NH Land Conservation Conference 6. Evaluate program effectiveness 7. Coordinate …

Environmental Indicator Report: Water Quality, Phil Trowbridge

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During the fall and winter of 2001-2002, the New Hampshire Estuaries Project’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) developed a suite of environmental indicators to track progress toward the NHEP’s management goals and objectives. These indicators were fully described in terms of their performance criteria, statistical methods, and measurable goals in the NHEP’s Monitoring Plan published in May 2002. The next step is to use these indicators to produce an updated “State of the Estuaries” report by the spring of 2003. The TAC decided to break this task into three sections: shellfish indicators in the fall of 2002; water quality indicators in …

Juvenile Clam Mortality Study At Three Intertidal Flats In Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire, Brian F. Beal

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Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria L., represent an important recreational fishery along the New Hampshire coast. Intertidal flats in the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary are among the most heavily harvested. As recently as the fall of 1998, the sandy flats in this area supported more than 900 clammers, who, on weekends, easily harvested their 9.5-liter limit (Varney, 1999). Recently, however, quantitative benthic surveys have suggested that the abundance of adult clams (> 50 mm shell length, SL) has dwindled on the three estuarine flats (Brown’s Flat, Common Island, and Middle Ground). Clammers support this contention and many have been disappointed at the relative …

Shellfish And Water Quality Monitoring Activities That Support The New Hampshire Estuaries Project, Stephen H. Jones, Richard Langan

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Developing Impervious Surface Estimates For Coastal New Hampshire, David G. Justice, Fay A. Rubin

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Future population growth and the corresponding increase in development in the coastal zone of NH are widely recognized as major threats to the integrity of coastal systems and their watersheds. The potential impacts associated with the expansion of developed land, and specifically with increasing amounts of impervious surfaces – rooftops, sidewalks, roads, and parking lots - may include significant changes in water quantity, degradation in water quality, and habitat loss. Because asphalt, concrete, stone, and other impenetrable materials effectively seal the ground surface, water is repelled and is prevented from infiltrating soils. Instead, stormwater runoff flows directly into our surface …

Saving Special Places: Community Funding For Land Conservation, Brian Hart, Dorothy Tripp Taylor

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In New Hampshire communities, there is a groundswell of interest and activity in conserving land. New Hampshire currently has more than forty-five land trusts. There are conservation commissions in all but a handful of towns. Many of them are engaged in conserving their special natural lands. Over half of the towns in the state have conservation funds fueled by the Land Use Change Tax. There have been 62 applications for land conservation projects to the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program since its inception in 2000. New Hampshire voters are appropriating significant taxpayer funds to conserve undeveloped land. Twelve communities, …

Laboratory Analyses Of Water And Shellfish From Coastal Waters And Watershed Of New Hampshire, Jayne S. Finnigan

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The Department of Health and Human Services-New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories (DHHS-NHPHL) has participated in providing laboratory analyses as part of the National Estuary Program since it’s inception in New Hampshire in 1995. The NHPHL has continued to carry out various actions dealing with the monitoring program as listed in the NH Estuaries Project Management Plan.

The NHPHL implemented selected actions from the NH Estuaries Project Management Plan and Year Six workplan to help address the environmental problems affecting the state’s estuarine systems.

Wildlife Habitat Gis Modeling Study, Society For The Protection Of New Hampshire Forests

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This technical report is part of a larger study entitled Protecting Wildlife and Significant Habitat in Coastal New Hampshire, an initiative of the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP), funded by the New Hampshire Estuaries Project. The fieldwork component of the study was implemented by the Audubon Society of New Hampshire (ASNH) and the N.H. Fish & Game Department Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Program (NHF&G) in 2002, in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy of New Hampshire (TNC). This report focuses on the GIS mapping and predictive habitat modeling developed by the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests (SPNHF) in …

Evaluation Of Monitoring Programs For The Nhep Monitoring Plan, Phil Trowbridge

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The objective of this report is to evaluate the monitoring programs for indicators in the NHEP Monitoring Plan (NHEP, 2002) to determine if sufficient data are being collected for each indicator and to identify any datagaps. The outcome of this report is a list of recommended changes to monitoring programs and a list of follow-up research projects. These recommendations will be considered to develop the workplans for NHEP monitoring funds in 2003.

Stream Assessments And Water Quality Monitoring In The Cocheco River Watershed 2001 Project, Cocheco River Watershed Coalition

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The purpose of the project is to gather data and information through volunteer water quality monitoring and stream surveys in the Cocheco River watershed. The data will be analyzed and disseminated for use in watershed management planning by the Cocheco River Watershed Coalition with the watershed communities.

Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies: Best Management Practices Manual, Jillian E. Jones, G. Dana Bisbee, Harry T. Stewart

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Urban stormwater carries a number of pathogens, nutrients, heavy metals, sediment, and other contaminants as surface runoff flows over land. The increase in impervious or paved surfaces associated with development in urban areas reduces the natural infiltration of precipitation into the ground. With impervious cover, precipitation collects and carries contaminants before draining into nearby surface waters. Stormwater runoff from paved surfaces in developed areas can degrade downstream waters with both contaminants and increased volumes of water. This publication aims to make information on innovative stormwater treatment technologies more available to New Hampshire’s urban planners, developers, and communities. Traditional runoff management …

Assessment And Recommendations For Bull Toad’S Pond At Green Island Common, Tracy Degnan

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The purpose of this project was to inventory and evaluate Bull Toad’s Pond, located at the Great Island Common in New Castle. In this report the phrase 'Bull Toad’s Pond' is intended to include the pond and the shallow water wetland system that surrounds the pond. The original scope of this project was directed at a detailed analysis and review of existing available data, field determinations, and an analysis of the current conditions of Bull Toad’s Pond. In addition, the purpose of this project was to offer recommendations of alternative solutions for restoring the functions and values of this degraded …

Lamprey And Oyster River Watersheds River Stewardship Program, Margaret Watkins

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This project was designed for riverfront landowners and local land use decisionmakers to fill a critical gap in shoreland protection: land management by individual riparian landowners. By working directly with individuals in a hands-on venue, we intended to build a more informed public, knowledgeable about the value of riparian buffers. A better appreciation of the value of buffers not only improves stewardship of individual properties, but also is likely to inspire stronger support for regulatory approaches to shoreland protection. The project addressed several NHEP goals. The approach was to hold a series of public workshops, lead by specialists in water …

Newmarket Open Space Conservation Plan, Town Of Newmarket, Nh

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This document reports the completion of tasks related to the Newmarket Open Space Conservation Plan. The document highlights the achievements, goals, research and difficulties associated with developing a highly refined program for the protection of open space within the Town of Newmarket.

Town Of Barrington Open Space, Recreation, Town Center Plan, Strafford Regional Planning Commission

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The information provided in this document is a starting point for addressing the Town's future open space and recreation systems and the establishment of a town center. The Plan is to serve as a policy guide for decision-making regarding the development of the community.

Rainfall Effects On Bacterial Contamination, A Clam Purging Study And A Monitoring Project, Stephen H. Jones

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No abstract provided.

Nhep Management Plan 2000, New Hampshire Estuaries Project

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This Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan of the New Hampshire Estuaries Project presents a broad framework and specific list of actions to protect and enhance the environmental quality of the estuaries of the State of New Hampshire. It is intended to be a guide for all who use, enjoy, or care about the state’s estuarine resources. The NHEP Management Plan addresses the environmental quality of the entire watershed draining to New Hampshire coastal waters, but focuses action efforts on the lands surrounding the Great Bay and Hampton-Seabrook Estuaries. Due to the national significance of their natural resources, the New Hampshire …

A Technical Characterization Of Estuarine And Coastal New Hampshire, New Hampshire Estuaries Project, Stephen H. Jones

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This technical characterization report provides a comprehensive compilation of information on key issues related to water quality and natural resources in the estuaries of New Hampshire. The report has identified some significant issues and problems facing these estuaries that will require management attention. Issues common to estuaries across the nation have been addressed to varying extents, depending on their significance in New Hampshire. Much of the trend information is biased by the sporadic interest given to the different resources and water quality issues through the years. Studies have focused to differing extents on the various areas of the coast, providing …

State Of New Hampshire's Estuaries, New Hampshire Estuaries Project

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In this State of the Estuaries Report, the New Hampshire Estuaries Project presents a snapshot of the environmental condition of the state’s estuaries. The Report describes the region’s valuable natural resources, and their essential links to the cultural and economic well-being of the Seacoast region and the state. It identifies challenges and problems that threaten the unique character and natural resource wealth of the estuaries.

This State of the Estuaries Report summarizes the Technical Characterization’s detailed assessment of the environmental condition of the estuaries, and describes in lay terms the scientific basis for the water quality, land use, and other …

Regulation And Management Of New Hampshire Estuaries: A Base Programs Analysis, Nh Department Of Fish And Game, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

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This report is designed to provide a snapshot of the local, state and federal management framework for the estuaries of the state. Natural resource management, land use regulation, research, education and funding are all important pieces of this framework, and each is reviewed in relation to specific problems of the estuaries. The report first summarizes the issues and potential issues confronting the estuaries and then reviews the existing policies and programs aimed at dealing with these issues.

Assessment Of Shellfish Populations In The Great Bay Estuary, Richard Langan

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No abstract provided.