Changes in the state's Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act (CSPA) go into effect April 1. To help natural resource professionals and concerned citizens understand the changes and bring them up to date on a variety of water quality issues, the N.H. Department of Environmental Services will hold a workshop Wednesday, February 13, at the Hugh Gregg Coastal Conservation Center at Sandy Point in Greenland from 8:00 until noon.

This workshop will cover shoreland ecology and the underlying basis for the CSPA, updates and changes to the CSPA, and a field exercise to demonstrate how to use the CSPA on the shore. There will be plenty of time to discuss the changes and to be sure participants are comfortable with the CSPA.

Presenters include Arlene Allen, the Shoreland Protection Outreach Coordinator of the NHDES Wetlands Bureau and Jeff Schloss, Water Resources specialist at UNH Cooperative Exension.

Please come prepared to spend an hour outside for the field exercise. There is no charge for the workshop, but please confirm your plans to attend so the organizers can make sure there are enough materials. Send your name and contact information to Steve@Greatbay.org or call 778-0015 ext. 305 and leave a message with the same information.

Come early to sign in, review handouts, and meet others interested in this topic. The N.H. Department of Environmental Services, UNH Cooperative Extension and the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve sponsor this workshop.