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New Hampshire - You and Your Community:
What You Can Do With Others links
University
of New Hampshire
Community
Development Programs,
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/CommDev/CommDev.htm
Description: UNH Cooperative Extension's Communities program provides education, training, and assistance to New Hampshire communities to enhance their ability to improve their economic, environmental, social, and physical well-being. The Communities program offers capacity-building assistance in a variety of forms, including workshops, trainings, informational materials, public facilitations, and technical assistance.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire
Forestry Resources,
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/Forestry/Forestry.htm
Description: Information about forestry in New Hampshire.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire
GIS
and GPS,
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/GISGPS/GISGPS.htm
Description: Information about GIs and GPs training through the University of New Hampshire.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire
Great
Bay Coast Watch,
http://www.gbcw.unh.edu/
Description: Volunteer organization protecting New Hampshire's coastal waters through monitoring water quality and education outreach.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire
Water
Resources,
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/WatRes/WatRes.htm
Description: New Hampshire's fresh water and marine resources are critical to the state's environment, economic security and quality of life. UNH Cooperative Extension's Water Resources and Sea Grant Program promotes the protection, conservation and wise use of New Hampshire's resources through education and outreach. We work with partner organizations to bring research-based information and assistance to individuals, schools, communities and organizations throughout the state.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Appalachian
Mountain Club
Appalachian
Mountain Club,
http://www.outdoors.org/
Description:
The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation
programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness,
must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation
(VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement
projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively
integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Citizens
for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage
Citizens
for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage,
http://www.specialplaces.org/
Description: Citizens for New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage is a coalition of 145 community, environmental, cultural, historic and business organizations dedicated to building political and popular support for the conservation of New Hampshire's natural, cultural, and historic resources. Maintaining adequate funding for LCHIP is a key goal of the coalition.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Clean
Water Action
Clean
Water Action: New Hampshire,
http://www.cleanwateraction.org/nh/index.htm
Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions,
http://www.crjc.org/
Description:
The catalyst for cooperatively meeting the Valley's challenges is the
Connecticut River Joint Commissions, who seek a strong and vibrant economy
while capitalizing on the natural wealth of this place. Capitalizing without
corrupting means conserving. Helping Valley people achieve that balance
and finding the resources to ensure that quality of life is the role of
the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire, Vermont
Connecticut
River Watershed Council
Connecticut
River Watershed Council,
http://www.ctriver.org/
Description:
Founded in 1952, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the
only broad-based citizen advocate for the environmental well-being of
the entire Connecticut River. Our primary mission is to promote improvement
of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and
use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River watershed.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services,
http://www.mnhs.net/
Description:
Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (MNHS) is a private, non-profit
corporation dedicated to rebuilding Manchester's neighborhoods. We're
a partnership of local residents, businesses, and the city--working together
to help families improve the quality of life in their communities. Since
1993, we've helped hundreds of families work towards their dream of owning
a home. We've helped grow neighborhoods, repair and renovate old buildings,
and rebuild the community. We've helped bring over $14 million in public
and private investment to the Center City area of Manchester. In short,
we've helped change Manchester for the better.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
England Grassroots Environment Fund
New
England Grassroots Environment Fund,
http://www.grassrootsfund.org/
Description:
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants
program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental
initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont. It provides grants of up to $2,500 to fuel civic
engagement, local activism, and social change.
Topics: What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New
England Regional Water Quality Program
New
England Regional Water Quality Program,
http://www.usawaterquality.org/newengland/
Description:
The CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program works to improve
water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming
that emerges from a research base. The program builds on the strengths
of the Extension Water Quality Programs at the Land Grant Universities
throughout New England.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New
Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
New
Hampshire Center for Nonprofits,
http://www.nhnonprofits.org/
Description:
Founded in 1986, the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits (NHCN) works
to increase public awareness of how indispensable nonprofits are to NH's
well being. Our mission guides us as an advocacy, information and education
center, and networking resource for New Hampshire nonprofit organizations.
Our work is directed toward strengthening the organizational capacity
and effectiveness and governance practices of nonprofits by providing
them with the tools necessary to strengthen and enhance their ability
to serve the citizens and communities of New Hampshire.
Topics: What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Timberland Owners Association
New
Hampshire Timberland Owners Association,
http://www.nhtoa.org/
Description:
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association is a nonprofit organization
of forest owners and users working together to promote better forest management
and a healthy wood products industry. Founded in 1911, the NHTOA began
as a small group of landowners concerned with forest fire detection and
prevention. Today we are a state-wide coalition of over 1,500 landowners,
foresters, loggers, truckers, and forest industries, working together
to ensure that the working forest remains part of New Hampshire's future.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
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The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
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