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Issue	Recommended Action	Responsible and Potential Partners	Potential Funding*	Timeline
Capacity-building	Implement Phase II (Fitchburg, Westminster) and Phase III Stormwater Program (Ashburnham)	City/ MRPC/ NRWA	319*/  604b/ EO 418	M to L
Capacity -building	Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels	MassGIS/Municipalities/RPAs	EO 418/ Planning for Growth	M to L
Open Space	Protect undeveloped lands adjacent to Sawmill Pond and Notown Reservoir (Fitchburg, Leominster)	City/ Fitchburg Stream Team/ Land trusts/ NRWA	Community Preservation Act/ Forest Legacy/ Self Help	I to L
Recreation	Improve access to Mid-State Trail at Crow Hill (Westminster)	City/ DEM	DEM recreational trails	M
Water Quality	Monitor Fitchburg Municipal Landfill expansion project for leachate and erosion issues (Fitchburg, Westminster)	DEP/ Fitchburg and Westminster BOHs/ Fitchburg Con Comm	staff time	I to M
Water Quality	Facilitate wastewater facilities planning (Westminster)	DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town	604 b/ EO 418/ SRF	M to L
Water Quantity*	High flow stress; therefore, work with those communities in sub-basins experiencing flow stress to plan for future water supply and habitat protection needs.  These are current conditions which are expected to continue to 2020.	DEM/ DEP/ SRF/ Municipalities	604B/ EO 418	I to L
* High stress means that the net average August outflow from the sub-basin equals or exceeds the estimated natural August average flow.