Dartmouth Times

Town of Littleton issued the following announcement on February 4.

In 1988, the New Hampshire Legislature responded to the increasing and competing uses of our rivers by creating the New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program (RMPP). The RMPP is administered by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The purpose of the program is to protect our state’s significant river resources for the benefit of present and future generations through a unique combination of state and local resource management and protection.

A distinctive characteristic of the RMPP is the partnership created between state government and local citizens through the formation of a Local Advisory Committee (LAC) for each designated river. Each committee plays a vital role in protecting not only the river, but its shoreland as well. Ideally at least one (and up to three) resident from each riverfront community along the length of designated segment of the river is appointed to the committee. LAC members represent a broad range of interests and backgrounds. These interests include, but not be limited to, local government, business, conservation interests, recreation, agriculture, and riparian landowners. Each member serves a term of three years.

The major activities of the LAC include the development and adoption of local river corridor management plans (completed for the Ammonoosuc and Connecticut Rivers), and considering and commenting on any federal, state, or local government applications or plans to approve, permit, license, fund, or construct facilities that would alter the resource values and characteristics for which the river or river segment is designated. No scientific expertise is required, only an interest in the river.

Nominations for appointment to the Ammonoosuc River LAC are submitted by the Selectboard to the Rivers Management Advisory Committee. The RMAC has developed a Policy for Appointing Representatives to Local River Management Advisory Committees describing the RMAC’s procedure and authority for appointing LAC members.

For the Connecticut River the Connecticut River Valley Resource Commission is the LAC. Five subcommittees provide local input and review with the Riverbend Subcommittee established for the stretch of the river including Littleton. The duties and expectations for the Riverbend Subcommittee are basically the same as they are for the Ammonoosuc River LAC. One distinction is that Vermont river front town are also represented on the Riverbend Subcommittee.

Nomination for to the Riverbend Subcommittee are submitted by the Selectboard to the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.

If you are interested in getting appointed to either of these committees, please send a letter of interest (including which one and any information, qualifications or experiance that you would like to share with the BOS and the Committees) to Vicki Potter at vpotter@townoflittleton.org

Original source can be found here.