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Pepperell
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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Evaluate need for updating FEMA maps for this area (Pepperell) | FEMA/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | I |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase III Stormwater Program (Pepperell) | DEP/ NMCOG/ NRWA/ Town | 604b/ EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Open Space | Promote open space protection in Pepperell center upriver through Dunstable to Hollis townline | DEM/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Support Squannacook greenway protection and the ongoing efforts of the Squannassit Regional Reserve Initiative (Pepperell) and support Squannassit ACEC designation (Pepperell) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I toL |
| Open Space | Protect lands relating to Belmont Springs holdings-Gulf Brook (Pepperell) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | ALA/ Forest Legacy/ LCHP | I to L |
| Open Space | Support the ongoing efforts of the Squannassit Regional Reserve Initiative and support stewardship of ACEC | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self-help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | 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 the development of a greenway committee in Dunstable & Pepperell | Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Recreation | Support completion of Nissitissit Greenway protection (Pepperell) | Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | DCS Self-help/ NPS Rivers &Trails Program | I to L |
| Recreation | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Pepperell) | 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 (Pepperell) | 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/ Town | 319/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Maintain cold water fishery in Nissitissit (Pepperell) | DFWELE/ NRWA/ Town/ Trout Unlimited | staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor concentrations of nutrients and bacteria in the most impacted segments (Pepperell) | DEP/ NRWA/ Town | EOEA/ Staff and volunteer time | I to L |