Every Acre Counts:

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Every Acre Counts The Newfound Watershed Master
Plan Draft Plan Presentation June 15, 2009
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TONIGHTS AGENDA

• Welcome and Introduction
• What is a Watershed Master Plan?
• Why do we Need a WMP?
• Experience in the Ossipee Region
• Overview of Draft Volume 1
• Next Steps Actions
• Questions and Discussion

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Purpose of Meeting

• OVERVIEW OF EVERY ACRE COUNTS THE NEWFOUND
  WATERSHED MASTER PLAN
• GATHER PUBLIC INPUT FOR FINAL VERSION AND
  PRIORITY ACTIONS

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Project Concept and Purpose

• Three Years in the Making
• Planning vs. Reacting
• Long-Term Environmental and Economic Health
• Grass-Roots Action - Hundreds of People Involved
  (Project Team, Steering Committee, Co-Authors,
  Towns, Businesses, Local NGOs, State Agencies,
  All of You!)
• PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY

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House Keeping

• Questions During and After
• Plymouth and Bristol CCTV Recording
• Sign in, Please!
• Refreshments Help Yourself!
• Restrooms Ditto!
• NLRA Raffle
• Fundraiser
• Great Prizes!
• Excellent Odds!

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What is the Watershed?

• 63,150 acres of Land and Water
• DES High-Quality Water
• NHFG High-Quality Habitat
• Steep and Fast 1 rain 1 lake rise
• Storm Water is Serious Threat
• Nine Towns Touched by Watershed
• 5 Towns, 90 of Land and Population
• 5,000 residents, doubles in Summer
• 13 Conserved, 70 Developable

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NEWFOUND LAKE WATERSHED
LARGEST LAND-AREA TOWNS HAVE LITTLE OR NO ACCESS
TO LAKE
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What is the Watershed Master Plan?
30-month, 350k Multi-community Natural Resource
Planning Project to Protect Water Quality and
Quantity
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PROJECT TEAM

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Steering Committee

• Represent Planning and Select Boards and
  Conservation Commissions
• Includes Concerned Citizens
• Quarterly Meetings with Project Team
• Kate Barrett (Alexandria CC), Chuck Beno (Hebron
  PB), Mark Dionne (Hebron Audubon), Bob Felder
  (Bridgewater), Dick Flanders (Plymouth), George
  Frame (Bristol), Ellie Lonske (Hebron PB), Kathi
  Lovett (Bridgewater PB), Don Milbrand (Bristol
  SB), Heidi Milbrand (Bristol), Marcia Morris
  (Hebron), Noah Munro (Bristol), Sherry Nelson
  (Groton), Bruce Barnard (Hebron SB), Jo OConnor
  (Groton CC), Dan Paradis (Bristol PB), Jack
  Scarborough (Plymouth PB), Val Scarborough
  (Plymouth SB), Suzanne Smith (Hebron), Slim
  Spafford (Groton PB), Janet Towse (Alexandria
  CC), Cindy Williams (Alexandria SB)

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Major Work Products

• Volumes 1 and 2 of WMP
• Reports (www.Newfoundlake.org)
• Local Master Plan and Reg. Analysis
• Demographic and Growth Trends
• Tributary Assessment Water/Phosphorus
• Community Surveys
• Water Quality Report
• Oral Histories
• Contributing Authors (Forestry, Land
  Conservation, Wildlife, Geology)

SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR POLICY, PLANNING AND ACTION
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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Strong Public Mandate
• Town Master Plans
• July 06 WMP Meetings
• Letters of Support for WMP
• PSU Community Survey
• Feedback from Public Meetings
• Common Principles and Shared Purpose

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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Environment and Economy are Connected
• Water-based Recreation
• 513 M Annual Sales and Income
• 5,990 Jobs
• (87M) and (1,000 Jobs) if Impaired!
• Lake-front Property Taxes
• 475/acre Forest Lands

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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Water Resources Managed at Regional Scale
• Water and Forests Cross Town Boundaries
• Land-use Decisions Made at Local Level
• Regional Degradation Hurts Everyone

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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Coordinate Local Action to Maintain Regional
  Quality
• Local Decisions / Regional Impact
• Hillside / Ridgeline Development
• Commercial Explosives and Weapons
• Liquidation Logging
• Municipal Water Supply
• Work Together to Protect Shared Resources

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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Smart Growth, NOT No Growth
• 70 of Watershed Developable
• Urban Zoning Pattern
• LID Cost-effective and Desirable
• Where and How We Build
• Planning Allows Growth and Maintains Rural
  Character

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Why Do We Need a Watershed Master Plan?

• Better Together Opportunity to Secure our
  Economic Future
• Growth Will Continue - Smart Growth Adds Value
• Good Schools, Health Care, Transportation,
  Infrastructure
• Caring Communities
• Rich in Natural Resources

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THANK YOU!
Boyd Smith, Executive Director Newfound Lake
Region Association 800 Lake St. Bristol, NH
03222 603-744-8689 Nlra.Boyd_at_metrocast.net www.New
foundlake.org
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IntroducingSteve Whitman, AICP

• Project Team Planner
• Lead WMP Author
• Educator
• Community Leader
• Organic Farmer
• Sustainability Advocate
• Patience of Job!