Outreach Activities

NH WRRC works in partnership with:

• Local Watershed Organizations
• Federal and State Agencies
• University of New Hampshire Organizations
• Local Homeowners and School Groups
• Connecticut River Organizations

local watershed organizations

• Maintain the Lamprey River Watershed Outreach collaboration with several organizations to foster outreach with the residents in the Lamprey River watershed.
• Maintain correspondence with the Lamprey River Advisory Committee (LRAC) and the Lamprey River Watershed Association (LRWA) on current Lamprey River research
• Provided an assessment of Oyster River volunteer monitoring data collected during 2001, 2002 and 2003 to the Oyster River Watershed Association (ORWA)
• Provided an assessment of Ossippee River volunteer monitoring data collected during 2002 to the Green Mountain Conservation Group (GMCG)
• Gave a presentation on water quality in the Ossippee River during 2002 to conservation commission members from the 6 towns within the Ossipee watershed, town selectmen, the Saco River Conservation Commission (SRCC), water testing volunteers and other interested participants during February of 2003.
• Reviewed 2003 reports prepared by GMCG on Ossippee water quality data
• Gave a presentation on Nitrogen Dynamics in the Lamprey River watershed at the " Water Resources in the Northeast: Science and Policy" conference on December 5, 2003

Federal & State Agencies

• Share Lamprey, Oyster and Ossippee stream sampling data with the New Hampshire Volunteer River Assessment Program (VRAP)
• Provide technical assistance to NH DES Watershed Management Bureau in developing a NH watershed approach
• Collaborate with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES), the New Hampshire Geological Survey (NHGS), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to install additional stream gauges and wells in the Lamprey River watershed

University of New Hampshire Organizations

• Collaborate with/contact for the Center for Integrated Regional Problem Solving (CIRPS)

local homeowners and school groups

• Four homeowners and 5th graders from H. W. Moore Elementary School serve as volunteers to collect precipitation data throughout the Lamprey watershed; October 2003 until present
• Gave a presentation on Lamprey River research activities to the "Introduction to Soil Science" class at UNH March 24, 2004

Connecticut River Organizations

• Participants in the Connecticut River Airshed Watershed Consortium (CRAWC)
• Collaborate with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) Connecticut River nitrogen project
• Collaborate with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) on Lamprey River research