Frank Mitchell
Extension Professor Emeritus/Specialist, Land & Water Conservation

Frank Mitchell joined UNH Cooperative Extension in March, 1979. For nine years he was responsible for environmental education programs at Pine Island Outdoor Education Center in Manchester. In November, 1988, he moved to the Water Resources Program as Water Resources Specialist and Water Quality Team Leader. He is currently a Land and Water Conservation Specialist, located at UNH, Durham. Frank has experience as an educator, naturalist and program administrator. He is active in his community, Deerfield, where he has served as Conservation Commission Chair and as a member of a Civic Profile Steering Committee and Community Vision Committee. He has also served as Chair of Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, a regional land trust, and is currently a member if its Board of Directors.

• MS, Biology, Univ. of NH

• BS, Education, Univ. of NH

• AAS, Plant Science, Thompson School, Univ. of NH

• A Study Guide to New England's Freshwater Wetlands (with Laura Ryder of NH Fish & Game Dept.), 1994 .

• A Study Guide to New England's Freshwater Wetlands (with Laura Ryder of NH Fish & Game Dept.), 1994 .

• Primary program components are conservation planning and action to protect land and water resources.

• Manages and conducts UNH Cooperative Extension's Community Conservation Assistance Program

• Works in partnership with UNH Natural Resources Department faculty and students involved in the Senior Projects Course, in which UNH student teams assist New Hampshire communities with environmental projects.

• Shoreland Buffers: Protecting Water Quality and Biodiversity (in Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design, to be published by CRC/Lewis Publishers, May, 2002).

• Good Forestry in the Granite State: Recommended Voluntary Forest Management Practices for New Hampshire (with several other authors), 1997.

• Vegetated Buffers for New Hampshire: Guidance for Municipalities, in Wetland Journal, Fall 1996.

• Stream Study and Water Quality Assessment Guide (with Kelle MacKenzie of NH Fish & Game Dept.), 1997 .

• Shoreland Buffers: Protecting Water Quality and Biodiversity (in Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design, to be published by CRC/Lewis Publishers, May, 2002).

• Good Forestry in the Granite State: Recommended Voluntary Forest Management Practices for New Hampshire (with several other authors), 1997.

• Vegetated Buffers for New Hampshire: Guidance for Municipalities, in Wetland Journal, Fall 1996.

• Stream Study and Water Quality Assessment Guide (with Kelle MacKenzie of NH Fish & Game Dept.), 1997 .

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