Federal Government
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21)
Transportation enhancements
Bike and pedestrian planning
Congestion mitigation
Recreational trails
Scenic byways
Flood Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Flood hazard mapping
Dam safety
Floodplain management
Mitigation planning and grants
FEMA Region 1 (New England)
National Association of Conservation Districts
Hillsborough (NH) Conservation District
Massachusetts Conservation Districts
National Park Service (NPS)
Rivers, Trails, and Conservation
Assistance Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State Soil Surveys
NRCS Massachusetts Program
Community assistance
Technical publications
Agricultural conservation
Backyard conservation
Holden, MA Field Office
NRCS New Hampshire Program
US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)
New England District
Real-time reservoir level status
Real-time river level status
Regulatory/permitting
Wetlands and waterways
www.fhwa.dot.gov/
www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/sumenvir.htm#te
www.fema.gov/
www.fema.gov/regions/i/index.shtm
www.nacdnet.org
www.hillsboroughccd.org/
www.nacdnet.org/resources/MA.htm
www.ncrc.nps.gov/programs/rtca
www.nrcs.usda.gov/
http://soils.usda.gov/soil_survey/main.htm
www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/
www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/holden_dir.htm#partners
www.nh.nrcs.usda.gov
www.usace.army.mil
www.nae.usace.army.mil/
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
www.epa.gov/
Watershed Information Network
Watershed initiative
Watershed calendar
Watershed atlas
Online watershed training
Watershed publications
Nashua River watershed
www.epa.gov/win/
Office of Water
Ground water & drinking water
Water science
Wastewater management
Wetlands, oceans & watersheds
Total maximum daily loads
(TMDLs)
http://www.epa.gov/ow/
National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)
Storm water Phases I and II
Wastewater treatment plants
Combined sewer overflows
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/
Smart Growth
www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/
EPA Region I (New England)
www.epa.gov/region01/
Federal Register Search of EPA
Documents
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/search.htm
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
USFWS Northeast Region
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
US Geological Survey (USGS)
cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=01070004
www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/
www.fws.gov/
http://northeast.fws.gov/
http://library.fws.gov/refuges/oxbow01.pdf
www.usgs.gov
Water Resources of MA and RI
Streamflow statistics
Water quality data
Groundwater data
http://ma.water.usgs.gov/
Nashua Basin Information
Surficial geology
Bedrock geology
USGS stream gage locations
USGS monitoring well locations
Research projects
http://ma.water.usgs.gov/basins/nashua.htm
Historic USGS Maps of New England
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Management (DEM)
www.state.ma.us/dem
Forests and Parks, Region 3
Pearl Hill State Park
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Willard Brook State Park
www.state.ma.us/dem/region3.htm
Service Programs
Hazard Mitigation/Flood Control
Well Driller Program
Forestry
www.state.ma.us/dem/service.htm
Interbasin Transfer Act
www.state.ma.us/dem/programs/intbasin/
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
Squannassit/Petapawag Pending ACECs
www.state.ma.us/dem/programs/acec
www.squannassit.org
Rainfall, Drought, Conservation
Lake and Ponds
Dam Safety
Greenways and Trails
Historic Preservation Planning
Bikeways
www.state.ma.us/dem/programs/rainfall/
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
www.state.ma.us/dem/programs/greenway/
www.state.ma.us/dep
Watershed Planning and Management
www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/wm/wmhome.htm
Water Quantity and Conservation
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Stormwater Permitting
Wetlands and Waterways
Drinking Water Source Protection
Wastewater Management /Title 5
Nashua Water Quality Assessment (1998) www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/wm/wqassess.htm
Brownfields
www.state.ma.us/dep/bwsc/brownfld.htm
DEP Central Regional Office
www.state.ma.us/dep/cero/cerohome.htm
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental
Law Enforcement (DFWELE)
MassWildlife
Hunting and fishing
Pond maps online
Wildlife management area maps
www.state.ma.us/dfwele
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/dfw_pond.htm
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/dfw_cd.htm
(DFWELE Continued)
Natural Heritage & Endangered Species
Biomap project (biodiversity guide)
Vernal pools certification
Research and inventory
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/heritage.htm
Riverways
Adopt a stream
Technical assistance
River Restore (dam removal)
Urban rivers
Lake/watershed stewardship
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/RIVER/riv_toc.htm
Public Access Board
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/PAB/Pab_toc.htm
Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD)
www.state.ma.us/dhcd
Town Profiles
Executive Order 418
Department of Revenue, Division of Local
Services (DLS)
www.dls.state.ma.us/whatsnew.htm
Community Preservation Act
Chapter 61, 61A, 61B
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA
www.state.ma.us/envir
Watershed Initiative
Nashua River Watershed
Community Preservation and Build-Outs
Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA)
Office of Technical Assistance (OTA)
Biodiversity and Wetlands Restoration
Pollution Prevention and Brownfields
Conservation Services (Open Space and Self-Help)
Mass GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
www.state.ma.us/mgis/massgis.htm
Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD)
www.state.ma.us/mhd/public.htm
Bikeways and Pedestrian Improvements
Transportation Planning
State Aid
MHD District 3 Office (Central MA)
www.state.ma.us/mhd/dist/dist3.htm
Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC)
Historic Preservation Planning
Preservation through Bylaws & Ordinances
www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc/
commpres.env.state.ma.us/content/publications.asp#
Massachusetts Legislature (General Court)
www.state.ma.us/legis/
Metropolitan District Commission (MDC)
Division of Watershed Management
Wachusett Reservoir
Growth Management Tools
Payment in Lieu of Taxes
Watershed Protection Act
Water Quality
www.state.ma.us/mdc/water.htm
State of New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services,
Water Resources and Quality
Watershed Management
Wetlands
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Rivers Protection
Drinking Water
Exotic Species
Wastewater
Volunteer Monitoring
Drought Management
Dam Removal and River Restoration
Department of Resources and Economic Planning
www.des.state.nh.us/water_intro.htm
www.des.state.nh.us/dam/DamRemoval/
www.dred.state.nh.us/
Division of Forests and Lands
Parks and Recreation
Trails Bureau
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Economic Development
Travel and Tourism
Department of Transportation
Transportation Enhancements
Bicycle/Pedestrian Maps Online
http://webster.state.nh.us/dot/
Division of Historical Resources
http://webster.state.nh.us/nhdhr/
Fish and Game Department
http://wildlife.state.nh.us/
Hunting and Fishing
Nongame and Endangered Wildlife
Outdoor Recreation
NH GRANIT (GIS maps)
www.granit.sr.unh.edu/
NH Legislature (General Court)
www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/
Office of State Planning
www.state.nh.us/osp/
Land Conservation and Investment
Scenic Byways
State Data Center
http://webster.state.nh.us/dot/nhbikeped/
Cities and Towns in the Nashua
Massachusetts
Ashburnham
Ashby
Ayer
Bolton
Boylston
Clinton
Devens Enterprise Commission
Dunstable
Fitchburg
Gardner
Groton
Harvard
Holden
Lancaster
Leominster
Lunenburg
Paxton
Pepperell
Princeton
Rutland
Shirley
Sterling
Townsend
West Boylston
Westminster
www.mma.org/links/city_town_websites.html
www.ashburnham.org
www.ci.ashby.ma.us
www.ayer.ma.us
www.townofbolton.com
www.boylston.org
www.clintonmass.com
www.devensec.com
www.dunstable.org
www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us and
www.discoverfitchburg.com/
www.gardnerma.com
www.ci.groton.ma.us
www.harvard.ma.us
www.townofholden.net
www.lancasteronline.org
www.ci.leominster.ma.us
www.lunenburg.com
www.paxtonmass.com
www.town.pepperell.ma.us
www.town.princeton.ma.us
www.homepage.mac.com/ddacres/rutland/index.html
www.town.shirley.ma.us
www.town.sterling.ma.us
www.townsend.ma.us
www.westboylston.com
www.westminster.ma.us
New Hampshire
Brookline
Greenville
Hollis
Mason
Milford
Nashua
New Ispwich
www.brookline.nh.us
www.state.nh.us/municipal/greenvil.htm
www.hollis.nh.us
www.state.nh.us/municipal/mason.htm
www.ci.milford.nh.us
www.gonashua.com
www.state.nh.us/municipal/newipswi.htm
Land Trusts and Other Environmental Organizations
Land Trusts
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
Land Trust Alliance
The Trust for Public Land
The Trustees of Reservations
Ashburnham Conservation Trust
Ashby Land Trust
Bolton Conservation Trust
Clinton Greenways Conservation Trust
Dunstable Rural Land Trust
Gardner Community Land Trust
Greater Worcester Land Trust
Groton Conservation Trust
Harvard Conservation Trust
Lancaster Land Trust
Leominster Land Trust
Lunenburg Land Trust
Monadnock Conservancy (New Ipswich)
Mount Grace Conservation Land Trust
Nashoba Conservation Land Trust (Pepperell)
Nichols-Smith Land Conservation Trust
(S Central NH, N Central MA)
Nissitissit River Land Trust
(Pepperell, Hollis, Brookline)
North County Land Trust (Fitchburg)
Paxton Land Trust
Princeton Land Trust
Sterling Land Trust
Townsend Conservation Land Trust
West Boylston Land Trust
White Oak Land Conservation Society
(Holden/Rutland)
www.massland.org
www.lta.org
www.tpl.org
www.thetrustees.org
www.ashburnhamconservationtrust.org
www.massland.org and www.watatic.org
www.altasys.com/bct
www.onthecommon.com/otc/085/FSLO-1027456671-72085.pdf
www.drlt.org
www.lta.org
www.ultranet.com/~gwlt
www.gctrust.org
www.harvardconservationtrust.org
www.atlanticuc.edu/lancaster/landtrust.html
Conservation Commission, (978) 534-75
Conservation Commission, (978) 582-4143
www.monadnockconservancy.org
www.mountgrace.org
www.nashobatrust.org
www.lta.org/findlandtrust/MA.htm
www.lta.org/findlandtrust/MA.htm
www.lta.org
www.lta.org
www.massland.org
www.massland.org
www.lta.org
http://users.rcn.com/gwlt/westbbro.html
www.massland.org
Regional Environmental Organizations
Appalachian Mountain Club
Audubon Society of New Hampshire
Beaver Brook Association (NH)
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Congress of Lakes & Ponds
Massachusetts Drinking Water Education
Partnership
Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership
www.outdoors.org
www.nhaudubon.org
www.beaverbrook.org
www.environmentalleague.org
www.freedomsway.org
www.massaudubon.org
www.colap.com
www.madwep.org
www.commonwaters.org
www.umass.edu/tei/mwwp
Regional Environmental Organizations (continued)
Merrimack River Watershed Council
Nashua River Watershed Association
New England Forestry Foundation
New England Wild Flower Society
Sierra Club, MA Chapter
Sierra Club, NH Chapter
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
The Nature Conservancy, MA Chapter
The Nature Conservancy, NH Chapter
Vernal Pool Association
www.merrimack.org
www.nashuariverwatershed.org
www.neforestry.org
www.newfs.org
www.sierraclubmass.org
http://newhampshire.sierraclub.org
www.spnhf.org
nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/massachusetts/
nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire
www.vernalpool.org/vernal_1.htm
Trails and Greenways
Friends of the Wapack
Granite Town Rail Trail (NH)
Mason Greenville Railroad Trail
Mass Central Rail Trail (MA)
Midstate Trail
Mine Falls Park (NH)
Monoosnoc Brook Greenways Project (MA)
Montachusett Region Proposed Bikeways
Nashua River Rail Trail
Rails to Trails Conservancy, New England Office
Souhegan River Trail (NH)
Wachusett Greenways (MA)
www.wapack.org
www.ci.milford.nh.us/conservation/RRTrail.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/railtrails/NH/AG/index.htm
www.masscentralrailtrail.org
www.midstatetrail.org/
www.nashuarpc.org/transportation/bicycling/minefalls.htm
www.ourbrook.org
www.massbike.org/bikeways/facguide/montachu.htm
www.railtrails.org/field/new_england/active_pages
www.railtrails.org/field/new_england
www.milfordnh.com/souhegan.htm
www.wachusettgreenways.org/
Sportsmen’s Organizations
Massachusetts Sportsmen’s Council
Massachusetts B.A.S.S. Federation
New Hampshire B.A.S.S. Federation
New Hampshire Wildlife Federation
Trout Unlimited
Squan-A-Tissit Chapter
Greater Worcester Chapter
http://macouncil.tripod.com/index.htm
www.massbass.com/
www.nhbassfederation.com/
www.nhwf.org/
www.squanatissit.org/
www.tu.org/sample_pages/rick.asp?rec_id=148
Planning Resources for Watershed Protection
Municipal Training and Assistance
American Planning Association, MA Chapter
Citizen Planner Training Collaborative (MA)
TownBoard.org (MA)
MA Association of Conservation Commissions
MA Association of Health Boards
MA Health Officers Association
MA Municipal Association
NH Municipal Association
NH Association of Conservation Commissions
UMass Extension, Natural Resources
and Environmental Conservation
www.massapa.org
www.umass.edu/masscptc/
www.townboard.org
www.maccweb.org
www.mahb.org
www.mhoa.com
www.mma.org
http://nhmuni.home.virtualtownhall.net/nhmuni_home/
www.nhacc.org/nhacc.htm
www.umass.edu/umext/nrec
Regional Planning Commissions
Central MA Regional Planning Commission
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission
Nashua Regional Planning Commission (NH)
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
Southwest Regional Planning Commission (NH)
www.cmrpc.org
www.mrpc.org
www.nashuarpc.org
www.nmcog.org
www.swrpc.org
Grants and Loans
MA Environmental Funding Overview
www.state.ma.us/czm/environmentalgrants.pdf
MA Grant and Contract Solicitations (RFRs)
www.comm-pass.com/
MA Clean Water Act Grants and Loans
www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/mf
MA Community Development Grants
www.state.ma.us/dhcd/
MA Drinking Water Source Protection Grants
www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/dws/grants.htm
MA DEM Lake and Pond Grants
www.state.ma.us/dem/programs/lakepond/lakeapp.htm
MAPC Municipal Grant Source Directory
http://www.mapc.org/MAPC Web/Active Web/
New Hampshire Environmental Grants and Loans www.des.state.nh.us/grants_loans.htm
EPA Environmental Finance Center
www.epa.gov/efinpage
EPA Region I (New England) Grants
www.epa.gov/region1/grants/gfinfo.html
Financing Stormwater Management
http://stormwaterfinance.urbancenter.iupui.edu
How to Create a Stormwater Utility
http://www.pvpc.org/library/docs/environment
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/
Federal Funding for Watershed Protection
www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/fund.html
Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org/AboutEGA/
Planning Guidance for Communities
Center for Watershed Protection
Technical tools
Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
Comprehensive bylaw collection
Community Preservation Coalition (MA)
Environmental Planning for Small
Communities: A Guide for Local DecisionMakers (EPA)
Groundwater Guardian Program
Growing Greener, conservation zoning
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MA)
Conservation Subdivision Design
Community Preservation Act Implementation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
New Hampshire Land Conservation
Investment Program
New Hampshire Flood Plain Management
Program, including model ordinances
New England Interstate Water Pollution
Control Commission
Planners Web, for citizen planners
Project for Public Spaces
Smart Growth Online
Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center
Urban Futures
US Department of Energy, Creating
Energy Smart Communities
US EPA model ordinances
www.cwp.org
www.umass.edu/masscptc/
www.communitypreservation.org
www.gdrc.org/decision/smallcom.pdf
www.groundwater.org/Guardian/ggindex.htm
www.natlands.org/planning/growgreen.html
www.lincolninst.edu/
http://www.mapc.org/MAPC Web/Active Web/
www.nthp.org
www.state.nh.us/osp/LCIP/home.htm
www.state.nh.us/osp/NFIP/homepage.html
www.neiwpcc.org
www.plannersweb.com/
www.pps.org/
www.smartgrowth.org/
www.stormwatercenter.net
http://urbanfutures.org/
www.sustainable.doe.gov/
www.epa.gov/owow/nps/ordinance/