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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

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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.