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NH Department of Environmental Services

Wetlands Bureau

Helpful Documents

New Hampshire Wetlands Summary - National Wetlands Inventory

Got Permits? poster-2007


  • New Hampshire In-Lieu Fee Agreement
  • Guidebook for Wetlands Permits
  • Guidelines for Naturalized River Channel Design and Bank Stabilization
  • Department of the Army  State of New Hampshire Programmatic General Permit
  • 2006 Land Resource Management Workshop handouts
  • Report of Special Commissioner Appointed to Locate and Mark the Boundary Between the State of Vermont and State of New Hampshire at the Points Specified Herein” - Supreme Court of the United States, 1936 [pdf; 8.9 MB]
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    Wetland Delineation and Assessment

  • 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual
    http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wetlands/pdfs/wlman87.pdf
  • Classification of Wetlands and Deep Water Habitats of the United States
  • National Wetlands Inventory Mapping Code Description
    http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/NWI/webatx/atx.html
  • Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New Hampshire (version 3) and Supplement
  • The Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England, version 3 is also available online at http://www.neiwpcc.org/. DES rules currently cite the updated version of the manual at Wt 301.01 (c).

  • Wetland Plant Indicator Status
    http://plants.usda.gov/wetland.html
  • The Highway Methodology Workbook Supplement - Wetland Functions and Values - A Descriptive Approach
    http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/reg/hwsplmnt.pdf
  • Natural Heritage Bureau - Natural Community Fact Sheets
    http://nh.gov/dred/divisions/forestandlands/bureaus/ naturalheritage/factsheets/FScommunity.htm
  • The 1988 National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands
    http://www.nwi.fws.gov/bha/

     

    Timber Harvesting

  • Guide to NH Timber Harvesting Laws
    http://extension.unh.edu/pubs/ForPubs/gtnhthl.pdf
  • BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES for Erosion Control on Timber Harvesting Operations in New Hampshire(2001)
    http://des.nh.gov/wetlands/PDF/Timber-Harvesting-bmp_manual.pdf
  • Best Management Practices for Forestry: Protecting New Hampshire’s Water Quality (2005)
    http://extension.unh.edu/Forestry/Pubs/BMPBook.pdf
  • Best Management Practices (BMPs)

  • Best Management Practices for Routine Roadway [and Railway] Maintenance Activities in New Hampshire
    www.des.state.nh.us/wetlands/pdf/RoadwayBMPManual.pdf
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    Mitigation

  • Sample Conservation Easement Language
  • Conservation Area Baseline Documentation Report
  • Baseline Documentation Checklist
  • Mitigation Agreement form
  • Mitigation Information Checklist (9-24-07)
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    Impaired Waters Review

  • Impaired Waters Review and Maps
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    Bank Stabilization

  • Shoreland Stabilization Techniques
  • About NH Wetlands...
    * Application Decision Report
    * Application Files Received
    * Current Policies
    * Fact Sheets
    * Forms and Applications
    * Helpful Documents
    * Links to Related Sites
    * NHDES Shoreland Protection Program
    * RSA/Administrative Rules
    * Wetlands Studies

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    Updated: April 2008
     
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