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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase III Stormwater Program (Ayer) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604b/ EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Implement Devens Subregional Plan recommendations (Ayer, Harvard, Lancaster, Shirley) | JBOS/ Towns | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | I |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Open Space | Achieve permanent protection for the DFWELE Ayer Game Farm (Ayer) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | I to M | |
| Open Space | Monitor additional protection needs in the Snake Hill area (Ayer) | Land trusts/ MAS/ NRWA | I to L | |
| Open Space | Consider accessability options for multi-use trails: Snake Hill (Ayer) | DEM/ MAS/ NRWA | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Open Space | Protect land overlying aquifer south of Flanagans Pond (Ayer) | Ayer Community Preservation Committee/ Land trusts/ NRWA | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self-help/ LCIPS | I |
| Open Space | Protect open space north of Plowshop Pond (Ayer) | Ayer Community Preservation Committee/ Land trusts/ NRWA | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self-help/ LCIPS | I |
| Open Space | Monitor disposition of South Post lands to USFWS (Ayer) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Open Space | Encourage rezoning of North Post to open space (Ayer) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | I to M |
| 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 |
| Recreation | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Ayer) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Landowners/ NRWA/ Town | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ Forest Legacy/ LCHIP | I to L |
| Recreation | Research boating and recereation management issues (ie: appropriate multi-use) on mainstem Nashua River | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | staff and volunteer time | I to M |
| Recreation | Provide Lakes and Ponds weed prevention education | COLAP/ DEM/ NRWA/ Town | DEM Lakes and Ponds/ staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Recreation | Participate in the development of regional multi-use trail networks through Devens and beyond | DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ NRWA/ Town | DEM Trails Grants | M to L |
| Water Quality | Participate in wastewater facilities planning as it relates to regional water quality issues, especially Shirley and Devens WWTF regionalization plans (Ayer) | DEC/ DEP/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town | SRF/ Staff time | I to M |
| Water Quality | Continue intermunicipal comprehensive water resource planning with particular emphasis on aquifers (Ayer) | DEC/ DEP/ JBOS/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 319/ 604b/ DEP Well Head Protection Plan (WHPP)/ EO 418 | I to L |
| Water Quality | Promote lawn and natural vegetation riparian buffer BMPs for abutting landowners (Ayer) | MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604 b/ EO 418/ Staff time | I |