Over $275,000 Awarded for Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Fund Wetland Preservation and Stream Restoration Projects

Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) announced today that the Governor and Executive Council recently approved two Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Fund projects grants totaling more than $275,000. 

The projects approved included an amended Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Fund grant to Trout Unlimited, Concord, NH increasing the total grant amount from $111,500 to $241,930. These funds shall be used for the purpose of replacing a deficient culvert on West Bath Road in Bath. The amendment also extends the project completion date to December 21, 2028. Also approved was an ARM Fund grant to Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, of Union, NH, in the amount of $35,000 for the purpose of conserving a 22.8-acre parcel of land in Tuftonboro. 

“The ARM Fund Program funds projects that restore, enhance or protect aquatic resources, off-setting associated impacts from development. By funding and supporting these projects in our state, we are making a difference in the important areas of preservation and restoration,” said Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Bob Scott. 

The ARM Fund Program manages mitigation payments for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources. Competitive grants fund projects that restore, enhance, and preserve aquatic resources and associated upland buffers across nine watersheds, also called service areas. Over $35 million in compensatory funds have supported 141 projects, including irreplaceable-resource preservation, aquatic barrier removal (culvert replacement and dam removal), and living shoreline projects since New Hampshire’s ARM program began in 2006.  

For more information about the ARM Fund Program, please visit the website or send an email to des.arm@des.nh.gov.