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Watershed Management Bureau
Watershed Assistance Section
About the Watershed Assistance Section
In order to protect our state's water resources we must consider management in the entire watershed. This means protecting aquifers, wetlands, groundwater, marshes, streams and estuaries, plus forests, fields, and other upland areas, because all parts of the watershed are interconnected as one system.
The watershed approach is a management strategy that has as its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed level rather than at the individual waterbody level. In addition, the watershed approach empowers local communities with greater involvement in decisions that affect their future. By combining forces and resources, community-based watershed groups are overcoming old barriers and realizing new opportunities to protect water resources.
The NH Department of Environmental Services Watershed Assistance Section works with local organizations, other programs within DES, and EPA New England, to improve water quality in New Hampshire at the watershed level. We are working with people in their watersheds to identify water resource goals and to develop and implement watershed management plans. Our many activities include:
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