______________________________________________________
CONTENTS
(click on the topics below to
get more information)
NHEP
ACTIVITIES
11/4
– 11/5/03 – Stormwater Management in Cold Climates Conference -
Planning, Design and Implementation
Jennifer
Hunter and Matt Craig attended this conference that featured 55 presenters
and 375 participants from Norway, Sweden, Iceland, New Zealand, Canada, and
twenty-two U.S. states. Much of
the information provided at this conference was directly applicable to many
NHEP projects. Conference
proceedings can be viewed at http://www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu/proceed.html.
11/7/03
- GBNERR Coastal Training Program Advisory Committee Meeting
Jennifer
Hunter attended an advisory committee meeting for the Great Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve’s (GBNERR’s) Coastal Training
Program (CTP). For this first meeting of the CTP Advisory Committee,
committee members learned of the CTP objectives, reviewed the role of the
Advisory Committee, and discussed the upcoming needs assessment and market
analysis to be completed by the GBNERR's CTP Coordinator.
11/12/03
– Applications Received for Site Planning Roundtable
Matt
Craig received applications from two towns to become pilot communities for
the site planning process that will be presented during the site planning
roundtable workshop on 12/15/03 (see below). Announcement of the selected
community will be made in December.
11/13/03
– GBCW Annual Meeting
Jennifer
Hunter was a participant on a panel featured at the Great Bay
Coast Watch's Annual Meeting. The panel discussed Senate
Bill 70, which established a Commission to study the implications of
combining wastewater treatment plant effluent from area plants into a
regional system for discharge into the Atlantic Ocean. Other panelists
were George Berlandi (NHDES), David Sweeney (Town of Newington), Steve Jones
(UNH), and Cynthia Copeland (Strafford Regional Planning Commission). Panel
members discussed the activities of the Commission, shared their thoughts on
various wastewater treatment technologies and disposal options, and answered
questions from the audience.
11/14/03
– Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting
TAC
members and others compiled information on the location, seasonality, and
abundance of critical species and habitats in NH's estuaries. This
information will be georeferenced by a consultant for NHDES to produce
environmental sensitivity index (ESI) maps. The ESI maps will be used for
oil spill contingency planning and response.
11/21/03
– Distribution of the State of the Estuaries Report
Dave
Kellam mailed 495 State of the Estuaries Reports in November.
In addition to individual requests, all state representatives,
senators, planning boards and conservation commissions in the 42 towns of
the coastal watershed received the report.
11/25/03
– Public Outreach and Education Team (POET) Meeting
Dave
Kellam led this meeting of the re-activated Public Outreach and Education
Team (POET). The team has been
given the task to review existing outreach action plans, devise an
evaluation and monitoring plan for outreach, and guide the development of
the NHEP Strategic Communication Plan.
11/26/03
– Local Grants RFP Deadline
Dave
Kellam received 11 proposals for this year’s annual grant program.
A grant review committee comprised of Management Committee members
will review the proposals on 12/8/03.
NEW
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS –
go to the publications
page of the NHEP website for complete listing
NHEP
UPCOMING EVENTS
12/15/03
- Site Planning Roundtable Training
This
“Train the Trainers” workshop is by invitation only and is being
conducted by the Center for Watershed Protection. For details contact Matt
Craig.
1/12/04
- Regional Outfall Study Commission Meeting - Hampton Town Hall, 2:00pm
1/27/04
- Public Outreach and
Education Team (POET) Meeting, 10am-Noon, Sandy Point Discovery Center
