July 2009, #75
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Greenland CTAP 6-1-09: PREP staff met with the Greenland Conservation Commission to scope out a community education campaign to promote buffer protection. |
Environmental Indicator Report This PREP technical data report illustrates the status and trends of 42 environmental indicators tracked by PREP that represent a wide range of topics from water quality to biological resources to land use and conservation. Most indicators track New Hampshire data only, although the report includes information on nitrogen loading, protected conservation lands, and impervious surface coverage from both New Hampshire and Maine portions of the Great Bay Estuary watershed. Many of the water quality indicators also include data from tidal waters in Maine. Over twenty indicators from this report will be featured in the State of the Estuaries Report, due to be published in October, 2009. CCMP Update: Stakeholder Input and Meeting Summary Report This report prepared by D.B. Truslow Associates, chronicles the nine theme and two agency stakeholder meetings held in the first six months of 2009 as part of the effort to update the PREP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). The process and criteria for goal, objective and action selection is detailed. Read Summary
Announcements PREP 2010 Local Grants Program: PREP is accepting proposals for projects through its annual Local Grants Program. Selected projects in the PREP focus area will result in achievement or significant progress toward achievement of one or more Action Plans described in the PREP Management Plan. Projects may begin January 1, 2010. An applicant may submit a project proposal for up to $8,000 of PREP funds. A 50% match of non-federal cash or in-kind services is required. Proposals are due to PREP no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 24, 2009. Proposal Requirements (.pdf) or (MS WORD). GRANT OPPORTUNITY: 2010 Watershed Restoration Grants for Impaired Waters
and Watershed Assistance Grants for High Quality Waters PREP Supports Municipal Registration Fees for Stormwater Center Workshops Pepperweed Patrol is Looking for Reports
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CCMP Meeting with NHFG 6-2-09: PREP met with NH Fish and Game Department staff to garner input on the draft goals, objectives, and action plans for the updated PREP Management Plan. |
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Press Release 6-3-09: Program Receives $25,000 to Help Piscataqua Region Communities Implement Natural Resource Protection Projects. Read Press Release |
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Erosion and Sedimentation Control RFP 6-8-09: PREP received seven applications in response to its Request for Proposals to evaluate erosion and sedimentation control programs and is in the process of reviewing the proposals. |
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Northeast Sea Grant Program Meeting 6-10-09: PREP staff participated in a meeting convened by the Northeast Region Seagrant Programs to discuss regional research priorities and implementation strategies in support of the programs' Gulf of Maine Strategic Regional Ocean Science Plan. |
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Lamprey River Conference 6-13-09: Staff attended the all day conference about the Lamprey River watershed entitled "Your Water, Your Wallet, Your Watershed – Why Working Together Across Town Boundaries Makes Sense For Protecting Our Water." The conference highlighted recent social, regulatory, and scientific research results and was a forum to discuss ways to implement effective watershed-based management strategies. PREP staff gave a presentation about consistency of environmental planning approaches and regulations among the fourteen municipalities within the Lamprey River watershed. |
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Eliot CTAP Meeting 6-17-09: PREP staff met with the Town of Eliot's Open Space Committee to discuss development of a town Open Space/Conservation Plan through PREP's Community Technical Assistance Program. |
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East Kingston CTAP 6-19-09: PREP staff met with Rockingham Planning Commission staff and members of East Kingston Planning Board and Conservation Commission to plan an extensive outreach campaign in the community that includes site assessments, signs, workshops, and a community-wide newspaper. This project is part of the PREP Community Technical Assistance Program. |
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CLF Presentation on Great Bay Nitrogen 6-22-09: PREP staff attended this presentation to a gathering of concerned North Hampton citizens by the Conservation Law Foundation on their Great Bay initiative. |
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2010 Local Grants RFP Issued 6-23-09: PREP issued the 2010 Request for Proposals for the 2010 Local Grants Program. Proposal guidelines available as a .pdf or MS WORD. |
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CRE Meeting in D.C. 6-23-09: PREP staff attended a two day workshop in Washington D.C. that synthesized information from other National Estuary Programs conducting "Climate Ready Estuaries" pilot projects to improve adaptation to climate change. PREP staff presented preliminary results of the Oyster River culvert and climate adaptation study. |
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PREP Management Committee Meeting 6-25-09: The PREP Management Committee meeting was hosted by Seabrook Station and included presentations on the Piscataqua Region Environmental Planning Assessment, PREP Environmental Indicator Report, and NHDES Nitrogen Reduction Implementation Strategy for the Great Bay Estuary Watershed. |
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Media Coverage of Oyster Restoration 6-30-09: PREP staff facilitated the production of a NH Chronicle story (likely to air during the first week of September) on a large oyster restoration project conducted by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the Oyster River. University of New Hampshire provided significant technical support to the project. A NH Fish and Game videographer was also on hand to document the restoration and other aspects of oystering in Great Bay. TNC coordinated with reporters to publish stories in Portsmouth Herald, Foster's Daily Democrat, and NH Public Radio. |
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