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University of New Hampshire Center for Integrative Regional Problem Solving, http://www.unh.edu/cirps/ Description: The Center for Integrative Regional Problem Solving facilitates ecologically-based, innovative approaches for securing quality of life and addressing land use challenges in Northern New England through integrated research, outreach, education, and multi-disciplinary partnerships. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire 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 American Farmland Trust American Farmland Trust Northeastern Regional Office: New Hampshire, http://www.farmland.org/northeast/newhampshire.htm Description: Since their founding in 1980, American Farmland Trust has helped win permanent protection for over a million acres of American farmland. They have three strategies for saving America's farmland: protect the best land through publicly funded agricultural conservation easement programs; plan for growth with agriculture in mind through effective community planning and growth management; and keep the land healthy for farmland through encouraging stewardship and conservation practices. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page 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 Audubon Society of New Hampshire Audubon Society of New Hampshire, http://www.nhaudubon.org/ Description: The Audubon Society of New Hampshire, a nonprofit statewide membership organization, is dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and habitat throughout the state. Independent of the National Audubon Society, ASNH has offered programs in wildlife conservation, land protection, environmental policy, and environmental education since 1914. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust, http://www.ausbonsargent.org/ Description: The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust preserves the rural landscape of the Kearsarge/Sunapee region through conservation easements- protecting land by creating deeded restrictions limiting future development and offering some tax benefits to land donors. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Bear-Paw Regional Greenways Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, http://www.bear-paw.org/ Description: Bear-Paw Regional Greenways is a land trust established by resident volunteers concerned with protecting open space lands. Bear-Paw has proposed a greenway that connects private or public lands with large areas of conservation land in a seven-town region including: Candia, Deerfield, Epsom, Northwood, Nottingham, Raymond, and Strafford. This network of voluntarily protected lands will provide important wildlife habitat and protect rivers, wetlands and recreational opportunities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page 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 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 Conservation Law Foundation Conservation Law Foundation, http://www.clf.org/ Description: The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England, where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region and its residents. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Conservation Law Foundation Ventures Conservation Law Foundation Ventures, http://www.clfventures.org/ Description: CLF Ventures is redefining environmental advocacy. Through innovative partnerships with private and public sector clients, we combine CLF's longstanding reputation for environmental protection with our financial and business transaction skills. As a result, we are able to provide our clients with innovative solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Return to top of page Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food Farmland Protection, http://agriculture.nh.gov/topics/farmland_protection.htm Description: Agricultural Land Preservation Program (RSA 432:18-31a; CHAPTER Agr 700)-The department has managed a farmland preservation program since 1979, when the state first appropriated funds to purchase development rights on prime agricultural land. This program currently holds and monitors easements on 32 different farm properties, comprising 2,922.76 acres. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services DES Grants and Loans, http://www.des.state.nh.us/grants_loans.htm Description: Each year, the State of New Hampshire provides substantial grant and loan opportunities to municipalities and others, to support environmental infrastructure improvements and other environmental and public health projects. This page provides descriptions of the grant and loan programs administered by the Department of Environmental Services (DES). Over the years, this funding has created substantial environmental and public health benefits across the state of New Hampshire. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development Division of Forests and Lands, http://www.nhdfl.org/ Description: As stewards of New Hampshire's forests and related resources, the Division of Forests and Lands protects and promotes the values provided by trees and forests. Our mission is accomplished through responsible management of the State's forested resources; by providing forest resource information and education to the public; and the protection of these resources for the continuing benefit of the State's citizens, visitors, and forest industry. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development Office of Recreation Services, http://www.nhparks.state.nh.us/ParksPages/RecServices/RecSrvHome.html Description: The Office of Recreation Services provides technical assistance to city, town, school, and organized recreation groups on a limited basis. The assistance includes site planning and review, development, management and maintenance, facility layout and accessibility considerations. The Office of Recreation Services also administers the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal grant-in-aid program. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page Department of Revenue Administration Current Use Program, http://www.nh.gov/revenue/currentuse/currentuse.htm Description: Information about the Current Use Program. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields in New England, http://www.epa.gov/ne/brownfields/index.html Description: EPA's Brownfields Program provides funds and technical assistance to states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth Strategies in New England, http://www.epa.gov/region1/ra/sprawl/index.html Description: EPA New England launched a Smart Growth Program in 1999 at our Smart Growth Strategies for New England conference. The conference's success demonstrated widespread interest in the twin problems of sprawl and urban decay. Smart growth is an alternative to sprawl and urban decay, and is an innovative approach to addressing EPA's environmental mandates. Our Smart Growth Action Plan involves working with diverse partners to shape land use and growth so that it has minimum impact on environmental, economic, and community health. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Farm Service Agency - USDA Farm Service Agency, http://www.fsa.usda.gov/nh Description: Stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster are the missions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA). Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, http://www.gulfofmaine.org/ Description: The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment is a U.S.-Canadian partnership of government and non-government organizations working to maintain and enhance environmental quality in the Gulf of Maine to allow for sustainable resource use by existing and future generations. We organize conferences and workshops; offer grants and recognition awards; conduct environmental monitoring; provide science translation to management; raise public awareness about the Gulf; and connect people, organizations, and information. Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Harvard University Harvard Forest, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/index.html Description: Since 1907 research and education have been the mission of the Harvard Forest, one of the oldest and most intensively studied forests in North America. From a center comprised of 3000 acres of land, research facilities, and the Fisher Museum the scientists, students, and collaborators at the Forest explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont Land Bank of Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro Land Bank of Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro, http://www.landbanknh.org/ Description: The Land Bank was established to promote the preservation and most advantageous use of land for the benefit of the community. This includes working closely with the community to expand environmental, social and recreational goals established in master plans and other surveys. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Land Trust Alliance NH Land Trust Alliance National Directory of Land Conservation Trusts, http://lta.org/findlandtrust/NH.htm Description: LTA is the only organization dedicated to the effectiveness and sustainability of the nation's land trusts and their use of conservation easements. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page Monadnock Conservancy Monadnock Conservancy, http://www.monadnockconservancy.org/ Description: The Monadnock Conservancy is a regional land trust whose purposes are to identify, promote and actively seek protection of lands with natural, aesthetic and historic significance in the Monadnock Region; and to monitor and enforce the protection of lands in the Trust. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Natural Resource Conservation Service - USDA New Hampshire NRCS, http://www.nh.nrcs.usda.gov/ Description: NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists, engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural, urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: New Hampshire New England Small Farm Institute New England Small Farm Institute, http://www.smallfarm.org/ Description: A private non-profit organization supporting beginning farmers and sustainable small scale agriculture throughout New England. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions, http://www.nhacc.org/nhacc.htm Description: A municipal conservation commission may be established by a New Hampshire municipality "for the proper utilization and protection of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources of said city or town." A commission is the only local board specifically charged to protect the natural resources of the municipality. Without a conservation commission, planning for this protection must be done by other boards, all of which have other primary responsibilities. A conservation commission provides a focal point within municipal government for environmental concerns. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page New Hampshire Judicial Branch Supreme Court Opinions, http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/index.htm Description: These opinions are subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program NH Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, http://www.lchip.org/ Description: The intent of the program is to conserve and preserve this state's most important natural, cultural, and historical resources, through the acquisition of lands, and cultural and historical resources, or interests therein, of local, regional, and statewide significance, in partnership with the state's municipalities and the private sector, for the primary purposes of protecting and ensuring the perpetual contribution of these resources to the state's economy, environment, and overall quality of life. Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Northeast-Midwest Institute Northeast-Midwest Institute, http://www.nemw.org Description: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Office of Legislative Services New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules, http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/listagencies.html Description: All adopted administrative rules subject to RSA 541-A, the Administrative Procedure Act, must be filed by state executive branch agencies to make the adopted rules effective and therefore have the force of law. Together the effective agency rules comprise the New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page Office of State Planning Achieving Smart Growth in New Hampshire, http://www.nh.gov/osp/SmartGrowth/index.htm Description: The NH Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) welcomes you to Achieving Smart Growth in New Hampshire. This project documents how New Hampshire is changing and highlights some positive examples of development and conservation throughout the state. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Office of State Planning Estuaries Project, http://www.state.nh.us/nhep Description: The New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) is part of the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program (NEP). The NEP is a joint local/state/federal program established under the Clean Water Act with the goal of promoting the protection and enhancement of estuarine resources identified to be of national significance. The ultimate goal of each estuary project is to formulate and implement a realistic Management Plan. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Office of State Planning Conservation Land Stewardship Program, http://nh.gov/oep/programs/CLSP/index.htm Description: The New Hampshire Conservation Land Stewardship Program(CLSP), is responsible for monitoring the condition and status of 80 state-held conservation easements (approx. 25,880 acres) acquired by the CLSP during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Program also provides technical assistance and education to 78 municipalities to ensure that monitoring of 234 locally-held easements and fee simple holdings (approx. 23,450 acres) is being conducted. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Office of State Planning Scenic and Cultural Byways Program, http://nh.gov/oep/programs/SCBP/index.htm Description: The New Hampshire Scenic and Cultural Byways Program was established in 1992 under RSA 238:19, "... to provide the opportunity for residents and visitors to travel a system of byways which feature the scenic and cultural qualities of the state within the existing highway system, promote retention of rural and urban scenic byways, support the cultural, recreational and historic attributes along these byways and expose the unique elements of the state's beauty, culture and history." Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page Open Space Institute Northern Forest Protection Fund, http://www.osiny.org/northernforest/ Description: The Northern Forest Protection Fund is a grant and loan making program established by the Open Space Conservancy, an affiliate of the Open Space Institute, Inc., in 2000 to support the purchase of critical forestlands in the Northern Forest region. The Fund's goal is to support the permanent protection of significant Northern Forest landscapes in order to promote sustainable forestry, protect ecosystems, and secure opportunities for public recreation. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont Sierra Club New Hampshire Chapter Homepage, http://www.nhsierraclub.org/jahia/Jahia Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Smart Growth Network New Hampshire Smart Growth News Articles, http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NH&res=800 Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, http://www.spnhf.org/ Description: Founded by a handful of concerned citizens in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) has today grown into one of the country's most effective statewide land conservation groups. Our Accomplishments include: helping to protect over one million acres in the state, effectively promoting good land stewardship, through education and by example, and advocating for public policies that encourage the wise conservation of natural resources. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire Return to top of page S.P.A.C.E. S.P.A.C.E., http://www.nhspace.org/ Description: The Statewide Program of Action to Conserve our Environment (S.P.A.C.E.) is a private, not-for-profit (501(c)4) coalition of natural resource conservation organizations, agricultural groups, recreational user groups, and concerned landowners and individuals. S.P.A.C.E. Is New Hampshire's Current Use Coalition. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire Chapter Homepage, http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/ Description: The mission of the Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Topics: Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Hampshire USDA Forest Service Northeast Center for Urban & Community Forestry, http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/index.shtml Description: The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry is a cooperative partnership among the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and the seven states of New England and New York. The Center responds to Urban and Community Forestry needs, facilitates and supports new and existing research, and coordinates the exchange of information among the states in the region in order to contribute to healthy and sustainable communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ Description: The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern States and the District of Columbia. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia Return to top of page Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Property tax reform and smart growth: connecting some of the dots, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Tax policy tools for smart growth. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New Hampshire The Boston Globe Voters face choice: land or houses?, www.boston.com Description: Article: Town choosing to purchase the last piece of wilderness.. Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New Hampshire EPA State Brownfields & Voluntary Response Program:Region 1, www.epa.gov Description: Region 1: CT; ME; MA; NH; RI; VT. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
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