BRIEFING

Monday, May 5th

9:30-11:30 am, NRWA Water Resources Center

AGENDA

 

Overall Question:  In the Squannacook-Nissitissit combined sub-basin, what are the central issues and current projects bearing on the SWSP?

 

To help answer that questions, 6 or 7 guest panelists will address the following topics:

 

Panelists (brief, 5-10 minute summary)

 

Water

Martha Morgan, Water Resources Advisor at NRWA Focus: Water Quality

JoAnne Carr, Planner at Metropolitan District Commission Focus: Water Supply/Flow

Jennifer Palmiotto, Source Water Protection Specialist for Northeast Rural Water Association Focus: Source Water assessments

 

Water related Q&A

 

Coffee break

 

Land

Jeff Collins, Ecological Extension Service at Massachusetts Audubon Society Focus: MA & NH Habitat Study

Bob Pine, former chair of the Squannassit-Petapawag Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Nominating Committee and principal at Pine & Swallow Associates Focus: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)

Cynthia Wood, Community Forestry Coordinator at New England Forestry Foundation Focus: Forestry

Al Futterman, Outreach & Land Programs Director at Nashua River Watershed Association Focus: Typical Land Protection Projects & acquisition efforts

 

Land related Q&A

 

Bi-State

Robert Flynn, Executive Director at Northern Middlesex Council of Governments

Focus: What has jurisdiction in MA, what is the outlook on cooperation?

 

Andrew Singelakis, Executive Director at Nashua Regional Planning Commission

Focus: Who has jurisdiction in NH, what is the outlook on cooperation?

 

Bi-State related Q&A

 

Moderator: Elizabeth Ainsley Campbell, Executive Director at NRWA