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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Groton) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Evaluate need for updating FEMA maps for this area (Groton) | FEMA/ Towns | staff time | I |
| Capacity-building | Encourage greater use of and improve visibility of Chapter 61, 61A, and 61B tax-abatement program (Groton) | DEM/ Land trusts/ NRWA/ Town (assessors) | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Open Space | Protect important herpetofauna habitat of state-wide importance i.e.: promote alternative road crossing options for the turtles and salamanders (Groton) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Protect the area described as the Throne (Groton) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self-help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Protect prime agricultural lands through APRs or CRs and protect natural features such as drumlin swarm (Groton) | DFA/ NRCS/ NRWA/ Town | APR/ Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self Help | I to L |
| Open Space | Monitor additional protection needs in the Snake Hill area (Groton) | Land trusts/ MAS/ NRWA | I to L | |
| Open Space | Consider accessability options for multi-use trails: Snake Hill (Groton), Groton School and Lawrence Academy (Groton) | DEM/ Groton School and Lawrence Academy/ MAS/ NRWA | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| 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 (Groton) | DEM/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Groton) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Landowners/ NRWA/ Town | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ Forest Legacy/ LCHIP | I to L |
| Recreation | Remove invasive weeds to promote recreation in Pepperell Pond (Groton) | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | DEM Lakes and Ponds/ DEP 104b/ staff and volunteer time | 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 |
| Water Quality | Support Source Water Stewardship Project | Town | NRWA; Source Water Stewardship Committee; EPA & In-Kind | I |
| Water Quality | Help develop and disseminate BMPs for small-scale, hobby type agricultural operations eg: horse stables (Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell) | DEP/ DFA/ MDC/ Middlesex Conservation District/ NRCS/ Towns | 319/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Maintain cold water fishery in Squannacook (Groton) | DFWELE/ NH DES/ NRWA/ Towns/ Trout Unlimited | staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Remediate Thompson Pond (Groton) | DEM/ NRWA/ Towns | DEM Lakes and Ponds | I to M |
| Water Quality | Monitor concentrations of nutrients and bacteria in the most impacted segments (Groton) | DEP/ NRWA/ Town | EOEA/ Staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Promote BMPs for new development to mitigate NPS pollution ie: Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control (Groton) | MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604 b/ EO 418/ Staff time | I |
| Water Quality | Continue intermunicipal comprehensive water resource planning with particular emphasis on aquifers (Groton) | DEC/ DEP/ 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 (Groton) | MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604 b/ EO 418/ Staff time | I |