This file contains the results (feature classes) from the project "Land Conservation Priorities for the Protection of Coastal
Water Resources: A Supplement to The Land Conservation Plan for New Hampshire's Coastal Watersheds", which had a goal of identifying
land conservation focus areas for the purpose of protecting coastal water resources. Feature classes included are: 1. Pollutant Attenuation
Focus Areas; 2. Flood Storage and Risk Mitigation Focus Areas; 3. Public Water Supply Focus Areas; and 4. Single and Multi-Benefit Water
Resource Focus Areas. A comprehensive description of the project is available "Coastal Plan Water Resources - Technical Report 20160715".
Purpose:
This file contains the land conservation focus areas that provide the greatest benefits to coastal water resources. Focus areas are targeted
specifically to address threats associated with existing and future development, including: 1. Pollutant attenuation and removal: riparian buffers
that intercept stormwater runoff and at the same time maintain natural cover adjacent to surface waters, and riparian wetlands that are highly
efficient at treating pollutants already in surface waters; 2. Flood storage and risk mitigation: areas across the watershed with high flood
storage capacities that reduce flood risks to downstream infrastructure, and natural areas that will accommodate sea level rise and salt marsh
migration; 3. Public water supply: lands that safeguard surface and groundwater resources for human consumption. A feature class is included
for each of the three target focus areas listed above. Additionally, a fourth feature class is included that combines the three focus areas,
differentiating between areas of single and multiple target benefits.
Supplemental_Information:
See the metadata for each feature class for detailed information on feature attributes.
This project was funded, in part, by NOAA's Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act in conjunction with
the NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20160531
Currentness_Reference: New Hampshire's coastal watershed, including portions in Maine.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.305220
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.631115
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.594466
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.837711
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Land conservation plan
Theme_Keyword: conservation
Theme_Keyword: protection
Theme_Keyword: focus area
Theme_Keyword: land trust
Theme_Keyword: coastal watershed
Theme_Keyword: flood
Theme_Keyword: flood risk
Theme_Keyword: mitigation
Theme_Keyword: flood storage
Theme_Keyword: flood capacity
Theme_Keyword: nutrient
Theme_Keyword: load
Theme_Keyword: pollution
Theme_Keyword: impairment
Theme_Keyword: nitrogen
Theme_Keyword: phosphorus
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: buffer
Theme_Keyword: riparian
Theme_Keyword: surface water
Theme_Keyword: wetland
Theme_Keyword: drinking water
Theme_Keyword: groundwater
Theme_Keyword: source
Theme_Keyword: water
Theme_Keyword: public
Theme_Keyword: supply
Theme_Keyword: well
Theme_Keyword: aquifer
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Northeast
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Coastal
Place_Keyword: Seacoast
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire
Land Conservation Priorities for the Protection of Coastal Water Resources
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
See accompanying technical report: Land Conservation Priorities for the Protection of Coastal Water Resources
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Contact_Person: GRANIT Database Manager
Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM. EST
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Digital data in NH GRANIT represent the efforts of the contributing agencies to record information from the cited source materials. Earth Systems Research Center, under contract to the NH Office of Energy and Planning, and in consultation with cooperating agencies, maintains a continuing program to identify and correct errors in these data. OEP, ESRC, and the cooperating agencies