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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Shirley) | DEP/ MRPC/ 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 | Support Squannacook greenway protection and the ongoing efforts of the Squannassit Regional Reserve Initiative (Shirley) and support stewardship of Squannassit ACEC | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I toL |
| Open Space | Protect prime wildlife corridors and habitats ie: Brattle and Squannacook Hills (Shirley) | 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 | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Shirley) | DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Landowners/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ Forest Legacy/ LCHIP | I to L |
| Recreation | Monitor disposition of South Post lands to USFWS (Shirley) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Recreation | Encourage rezoning of North Post to open space (Shirley) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town/ USFWS | 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 |
| Recreation | Help protect habitat areas identified in the Nashua River watershed habitat assessment report (Shirley) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land trusts/ NRWA/ Town | Self help | I to L |
| Water Quality | Support Source Water Stewardship Project | Town | NRWA; Source Water Stewardship Committee; EPA & In-Kind | I |
| Water Quality | Maintain cold water fishery in Squannacook (Shirley) | DFWELE/ NRWA/ Town/ Trout Unlimited | staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Remediate Thompson Pond (Shirley) | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | DEM Lakes and Ponds | I to M |
| Water Quality | Participate in wastewater facilities planning as it relates to regional water quality issues, especially Ayer and Devens WWTF regionalization plans (Shirley) | DEC/ DEP/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Town | SRF/ Staff time | I to M |
| Water Quality | Promote BMPs for new development to mitigate NPS pollution - Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentaion Control (Shirley) | MCD/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604 b/ EO 418/ Staff time | I |
| Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Mulpus sub-basin experiencing flow stress to plan for future water supply and habitat protection needs. These are current conditions which are expected to continue to 2020. | DEM/ DEP/ SRF/ Municipalities | 604B/ EO 418 | I to L |
| * Medium flow stress means that the net 7Q10 outflow from the sub-basin equals or exceeds the estimated natural 7Q10. 7Q10 is the lowest consecutive 7 day streamflow that is likely to occur in a ten year period in a particular river segment. | ||||