Land & Water Conservation Program
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Conservation Planning, Natural Resources Inventories,
and more..
UNH Cooperative Extension helps New Hampshire communities and
conservation groups with land and water conservation planning projects. Land & Water Conservation Program staff provide technical assistance, facilitation and guidance to communities interested in conserving their natural resources, prioritizing areas for protection, and working with local landowners to conserve land.
Projects typically include a team of community volunteers. Extension assistance includes:
- Helping establish goals and priorities.
- Guidance formulating project work plans
- Training needed by volunteers to complete specific project tasks.
- Addressing issues in specialized areas, e.g. wildlife habitat, wetlands, etc..
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Types of Conservation Assistance:
- Natural Resources Inventories, including using geographic information systems
(GIS)
- Natural Resource Inventories Slide Show
- Identifying and prioritizing resources for protection
- Outreach and Education Planning for land and water conservation projects.
- Creating and implementing a conservation plan for protection of land and
natural resources.
- Conservation Planning Slide Show
- Assessing wildlife habitat.
- Significant Wildlife Habitats Inventory Slide Show
- Study and/or conservation of water resources and wetlands.
How to Apply for Assistance
Communities and conservation groups apply by submitting an application describing the project and the type of assistance needed. Click here for the application form.
Project selection criteria
- Available Extension staff time.
- Number of people involved and their level of commitment
- Collaboration among municipalities or private conservation groups.
- Documentation (e.g. master plan recommendations, Community Profile outcomes) that supports the project.
- Degree of public support.
- Conservation values to be protected
- Degree to which the assistance can benefit the project.
Successful applicants must commit to:
- Setting project goals, objectives and time frame (a project plan);
- Establishing a project team (volunteers), project leadership and identifying responsibilities; and
- Communicating regularly with UNH Cooperative Extension staff
For further information, contact:
Amanda Stone, Land & Water Conservation Program Coordinator
UNH Cooperative Extension
220 Nesmith Hall, 131 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824-2500
Tel: 364-5324
E-mail: Amanda Stone
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Programs with Partner Organizations
Natural
Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC)
The Natural Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC) is a collaboration among
10 state, private non-profit, local, and regional organizations. NROC assists
coastal watershed communities use a natural resource-based planning approach
to managing growth pressures.
NROC offers a customized educational presentation, Dealing with Growth,
for municipal board members, staff and interested citizens. Dealing with Growth reviews
the current status of a community's natural resources and potential impacts
of growth, and introduces various techniques for managing them. The natural resource-based
planning approach focuses on conserving natural resources, and
minimizing the effects of growth.
The presentation is followed with a series of community meetings to
focus on natural resource protection goals and the actions needed to accomplish
them. NROC provides sustained technical assistance to
help communities and conservation groups meet their identified goals.
Contact: Amanda Stone,
NROC Coordinator, UNH Cooperative Extension,
(603) 364-5324
Partners: NH Estuaries Project, NH Coastal Program,
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Regional Planning Commissions,
Center for Land Conservation Assistance, NH Dept of Environmental Services,
UNH Seagrant, NH Office of Energy and Planning, and the National NEMO Network.
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Fact Sheets and Publications
- Buffers for Wetlands & Surface Waters - A Guide for NH Municipalities
- Natural Resources Inventory Guide
Links
- Audubon Society of New Hampshire
- Central NH Regional Planning Commission
- Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Lakes Region Planning Commission
- Land Trust Alliance
- Nashua Regional Planning Commission
- NH Coastal Program
- NH Department of Environmental Services
- NH Division of Forests & Lands
- NH Estuaries project
- NH Fish & Game Department
- NH GRANIT statewide GIS
- NH Office of Energy and Planning
- North Country Council
- Rockingham Planning Commission
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
- Southern NH Planning Commission
- Southwest Regional Planning Commission
- Strafford Regional Planning Commission
- The Nature Conservancy
- Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
