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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Encourage greater use of Chapter 61 for land protection (Lancaster) | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | ? | I |
| Capacity-building | Implement Devens Subregional Plan recommendations (Lancaster) | JBOS/ NRWA/ Town | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | I |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Lancaster) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Provide support for monitoring construction and development projects (Lancaster) | CMRPC & MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604b/ DEP/ EPA | 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 | Protect lands from the Oxbow NWR to Pine Hill and Bolton Flats (Lancaster) | Central MA Trails Committee/ DEC/ DEM/ Land Trusts/ NPS/ NRWA/ Towns/ USFWS | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Monitor disposition of Devens South Post to USFWS (Lancaster) | DEC/ DEM/ DEP/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | L |
| Open Space | Promote river corridor protection (Lancaster) | Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | DCS Self-help/ Forest Legacy | I to L |
| Recreation | Link trail networks between Bolton Flats, Oxbow NWR and Devens (Lancaster) | DEC/ DEM/ Land Trusts/ NPS/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | DEM Trails/ NPS Rivers/ | I to L |
| Recreation | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Lancaster) | DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Landowners/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ Forest Legacy/ LCHIP | I to L |
| Recreation | Research boating and recreation 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 | Central MA Trails Committee/ DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ NRWA/ Town | DEM Trails Grants | M to L |
| Water Quality | Begin intermunicipal comprehensive water resource planning (Lancaster) | DEM/ DEP/ MAPC/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor compliance with NPDES permit (Lancaster) | DEP/ EPA/ MWRA/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | L |
| Water Quality | Address instream toxicity issues and monitor nutrient concentration, bacteria and pathogens (Lancaster) | DEP/ EOEA/ NRWA | EOEA/ SRF/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Restore Fort & Spectacle Ponds (Lancaster) | Fort Pond Association | 319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds | I to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor the fishery and fisheries habitat enhancement (Lancaster) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Fitchburg Stream Team/ NRWA/ Town | Section 206 of WRDA 1996: Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | I to L |