SRPC Data Collection & Analysis Assistant Stef Casella completes a culvert assessment during the field work season Source: SRPC
Planning

The Wetlands Bureau of the NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), in partnership with the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT), will hold the last of three aquatic resource mitigation workshops in SRPC Conference Room 1A from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6. This event is designed to provide stakeholders with information to move projects from concept to candidates for mitigation funding through the Aquatic Resources Mitigation (ARM) Fund. 
 
The ARM Fund presents an opportunity to achieve large-scale restoration and conservation goals through the implementation of more environmentally beneficial mitigation projects. These projects typically address the loss of functions and values of aquatic resources. Facilitators from NHDES and NHDOT will explain the potential for municipalities (conservation commissions, road agents, and town engineers), regional planning commissions, non-profit groups, land trusts, and consultants to receive ARM grants.
 
To learn more, or to register for any of the three workshops, visit:



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Transportation

With the close of the field work season, winter serves as an opportunity for staffers to perform quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) reviews of data and determine where to focus efforts during the next field work season. This process is underway for the SADES culvert program. The current culvert program has advanced significantly since its start in 2007, with staffers now using iPads running the ArcGIS Collector application to collect data at specific locations. As the data collection team begins to review the data collected this field work season, and collectively over the last 10 years, they are updating the database by municipality.
 
Culvert inventories for each municipality fall into one of three categories:
  • Category 1: A completed inventory with all culverts assessed.
  • Category 2: A completed inventory with remaining culverts that need to be assessed.
  • Category 3: An ongoing inventory with culverts that need to be identified and assessed.
The towns in Category 1 include Madbury, Newmarket, and Lee. Barrington, Durham, Middleton, Northwood, Nottingham, Rollinsford, and Somersworth fall into Category 2. Category 3 includes Brookfield, Dover, Farmington, Milton, New Durham, Rochester, Strafford, and Wakefield.
 
To learn more about the SADES culvert program, visit   https://www.nhsades.com/about . 


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Economic Development

Strafford Economic Development District (EDD) staffers have begun brainstorming ideas to recruit new members for the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee. This group guides the process of updating and maintaining the CEDS document, which highlights regional trends, happenings with businesses and industries in the region, and priority projects and updates submitted by our communities and stakeholders.
 
The committee is already made up of a dedicated group of stakeholders that have been involved since Strafford EDD's first CEDS was drafted around 2010. Business owners, municipal officials, non-profits, data experts, and others interested in economic development are encouraged to contact regional economic development planner James Burdin at jburdin@strafford , or at 603-994-3500.
 

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