Squannacook
Issue	Recommended Action	Responsible and Potential Partners	Potential Funding*	Timeline
Capacity-building	Implement Phase II (Groton) and Phase III Townsend, New Ipswich, Mason) Stormwater Program	DEP/ MRPC/ NMCOG/ NRWA/ RPAs/ Towns	319*/  604b/ EO 418	M to L
Capacity-building	Work with NH towns on growth management	NH OSP/ NRWA/ SWPRC	?	I
Capacity -building	Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels	MassGIS/Municipalities/RPAs	EO 418/ Planning for Growth	M to L
Open Space	Support Squannacook greenway protection and the ongoing efforts of the Squannassit Regional Reserve Initiative (Ashby, Greenville, Mason, New Ipswich,  Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend) and support stewardship of Squannassit ACEC (Ashby, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend)	DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns	Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS	I toL
Open Space	Protect lands identified by the Source Water Stewardship Project	DEM/DFWELE/Land Trusts/NRWA/Town	ALA/ Forest Legacy/LCHP	I to L
Recreation	Promote extended rail trail development (Ayer, Groton, Townsend)	DEM/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns	DEM Trails/ TEA 21	I to L
Water Quality	Support Source Water Stewardship Project	Town	NRWA; Source Water Stewardship Committee; EPA & In-Kind	I
Water Quality	Remediate Harbor Pond and support the establishment of a pond association (Townsend)	COLAP/ DEP/ DFWELE/ NRWA/ Town	319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds/ staff time	M to L
Water Quality	Maintain cold water fishery in Squannacook (Ashby, Townsend, Greenville, New Ipswich, Mason, Shirley, Groton)	DFWELE/ NH DES/ NRWA/ Towns/  Trout Unlimited	staff time	I to L
Water Quality	Remediate Thompson Pond (Groton, Shirley)	DEM/ NRWA/ Towns	DEM Lakes and Ponds	I to M
Water Quality	Support a River Sanctuary type designation for the NH portions of the sub-basin	NH DES/ NRWA/ SWRPC/ Towns	staff time	L