The East Kingston NROC program started with the Dealing with Growth in East Kingston presentation in June, 2004. Over the course of the next few months, East Kingston-NROC participants identified goals, and formed Action Groups to develop and implement specific actions to achieve their natural resources protection goals. These activities are described below.

• Update natural resources inventory

• Master Plan/Zoning/ordinance updates

• Promote community agriculture

• Land conservation education and outreach

• Successfully applied to the UNH Senior Projects course for assistance with completing their Natural Resources Inventory. Students added new developments onto a color aerial photograph base map using GIS, and analyzed and interpreted information on the NH Fish & Game Wildlife Habitat maps for East Kingston.

• NROC staff reviewed the East Kingston Cluster Housing Ordinance, and made recommendations to improve the ordinance. The Planning Board proposed revisions to the ordinance based on this review.

• The Planning Board applied for and received an $800 Targeted Block Grant to review and revise the Master Plan Vision Statement in 2005.

• Completed the worksheet Is Your Town Farm Friendly? from the publication Preserving Rural Character through Agriculture, and wrote up the results for press releases.

• Organized and hosted a Land Conservation and Estate Planning workshop for landowners (20 attendees), presented by NROC staff and others.

• Attended the NROC workshop, Developing an Effective Education & Outreach Strategy.