Leadership New Hampshire Environment Day

January 14, 2009
Taylor Communities
Laconia, NH

AGENDA
7:30 Coffee and continental breakfast available

8:00     Check-in

8:45     New Hampshire's Environment: A Special Place and Its Special Challenges
             Thomas Burack, LNH '97,Commissioner, Department of Environmental Services
             Ken Moraff, Deputy Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, US EPA

9:45     BREAK - Brief welcome/overview of Taylor Community

10:15     Maintaining New Hampshire's Quality Of Life: Our Environmental Challenges and How We Address Them
             Dave Cedarholm, Durham Town Engineer
             Patti Carrier, Env. Manager, NH Ball Bearings, Jaffrey
             Susan Arnold, Director of Conservation, Appalachian Mountain Club

11:30     Lunch (and a hybrid car demo for those interested, courtesy of Grappone Toyota)

12:30     You Decide: Planning Board Role Play and Discussion
             Ted Diers and Dana Bisbee with, Kerrie Diers, Director, Nashua Regional Planning Commission

2:30      BREAK

2:45      Water Quality: Facilitated Discussion
             Ted Diers

4:00      LNH 2010 Mid-Year Check-In: Jamie

4:45     Wrap-up

LNH ACTION ASSIGNMENT
ENVIRONMENT
New Hampshire's Land & Water Resources
January 14, 2010
Taylor Community, Laconia, NH

ASSIGNMENT The session day on the environment will focus on the development pressures which are affecting communities in New Hampshire and our land and water resources across the state. We will explore the environmental challenges brought on by continuing commercial and residential development, and how the State and its municipalities continue to work to balance robust growth and development with the needed preservation of our cherished natural resources. We will also address on water quality impacts from development and look at the impact of global climate change on New Hampshire.

ASSIGNMENT The session day on the environment will focus on the development pressures which are affecting communities in New Hampshire and our land and water resources across the state. We will explore the environmental challenges brought on by continuing commercial and residential development, and how the State and its municipalities continue to work to balance robust growth and development with the needed preservation of our cherished natural resources. We will also address on water quality impacts from development and look at the impact of global climate change on New Hampshire.

Action: Please complete AT LEAST ONE OF THESE before the program day:

1.        Learn more about pressures on land and water resources in your community. - Attend a meeting of your community's (or another's) municipal planning board or conservation commission in order to gain some insight into the pending applications for land development, and about municipal efforts to conserve land.

- Learn about the growth patterns in your community. Also, if you live in a community with public water (meaning; not from a well), find out where the water comes from and how it is used.

- Meet with at least two members of the planning board or conservation commission, in your community, in order to learn your municipality's efforts to balance economic development with resource preservation. 2.            Visit PSNH's Schiller Station* in Newington or the Winnipesaukee River Basin Plan in Franklin. We will work with you to arrange visits if there is sufficient interest in a particular location.

*The visit to the PSNH Schiller Station is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, 2010. More details will follow.

REQUIRED

This is a fascinating on-line activity! Complete the Ecofootprint survey at http://www.ecofoot.org/   (Click "USA" on the world map to get into the questionnaire). We encourage you to bring the results to the session.

Readings:

1.            NH Water Primer
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/wrpp/primer.htm

2.            Innovative Land Use Controls (table of contents and introduction only)
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/repp/documents/ilupt_front_cover.pdf

3.            New Hampshire Climate Change Action Plan - Carbon Coalition
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/air/tsb/tps/climate/action_plan/documents/081123draft_action_plan.pdf

Please note: The above reports are very lengthy. We ask encourage you to review the introduction and summary sections of each and read the full reports if they are of interest to you.