NCC Mission Statement
Mission Statement: The mission of the NCC is to collaborate with local and regional boards and organizations to inventory, map, and protect Nottingham’s natural resources and open space.
We achieve this through the following goals:
- Improve efficiencies and communication to best serve our community
- Identify, prioritize, and work to protect key conservation areas with unique values to people, plants, and wildlife
- Implement and provide support to conservation sections for town Master Plan
- Increase collaboration with Nottingham boards and community in order to best carry out and protect a shared vision for our town and its future
- Expand education and outreach opportunities to connect all ages to Nottingham’s natural resources and their benefits, resulting in increased conservation engagement of the community.
Specific activities of the NCC include:
- Quarterly roadside cleanup
- Water-quality monitoring through the Volunteer River Assessment Program
- Conservation easement monitoring
- Public Programming at the Blaisdell Memorial Library and on conservation easements
- Assisting landowners with placing their land in conservation
State Statute Summary
Chapter 36 – A, in New Hampshire Planning and Land Use Regulation, outlines the statutes and provisions by which communities may establish Conservation Commissions.
The primary powers of these Commissions include attention to “ the proper utilization and protection of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources” and “disbursement of conservation funds” “for the purposes of this chapter” (36 – A). “The commission shall consist of not less than 3 nor more than 7 (regular) members”… “appointed by the selectmen”. “Alternate members may be appointed in like manner and when the alternate serves in the absence…of a regular member”, (then) “the alternate has full voting powers. “