Contoocook / North Branch River Stakeholder Survey

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Southwest Region Planning Commission (SWRPC) recently received funding from the NH Department of Environmental Services through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (CNHPRC) in updating the Contoocook and North Branch Rivers Local Advisory Committee’s (CNBRLAC) River Management Plan in 2009-2010.

The Contoocook and North Branch River Management Plan have not been updated since its adoption in 1994. CNBRLAC, CNHRPC, and SWRPC will review and update the plan with the goal of creating a workable document that can be used by local governments in Master Planning or Open Space Planning efforts.

To gain broad community input, CNBRLAC has developed a stakeholder survey to be distributed to landowners and public officials in the river corridor. Residents, landowners along the river, and interested parties are encouraged to complete this survey online and provide their thoughts on uses, values, and concerns relating to the Contoocook and North Branch Rivers. To take the survey, click on the “Stakeholder Survey” link at the top of this page.

The Contoocook and North Branch Rivers are designated under the New Hampshire River Management and Protection Program for their outstanding natural and cultural resources. The rivers run through the following 14 towns in the SWRPC and CNHRPC regions:

Antrim
Bennington
Boscawen
Concord
Deering
Greenfield
Hancock
Henniker
Hillsborough
Hopkinton
Jaffrey
Peterborough
Rindge
Stoddard

CNBRLAC is a volunteer committee made up of representatives from each town along the rivers. The Committee is responsible for developing and implementing a river management plan and for advising local, state, and federal agencies about activities which may affect the water quality or flow in the protected river segments. Committee members organize and conduct volunteer water quality monitoring activities and report results to the NH Department of Environmental Services.

Questions about the Contoocook and North Branch Rivers Management Plan update process can be directed to Tara Germond, Assistant Planner, at 357-0557 or tgermond@swrpc.org or Vanessa Bittermann, Regional Planner, at 226-6020 or vbittermann@cnhrpc.org.

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Contoocook / North Branch River Stakeholder Survey