February 7, 2014
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Efforts Being Made to Protect Salmon Falls River
BERWICK Water quality in the Salmon Falls Watershed affects about 47,000 people including the communities of Berwick and Somersworth, N.H. who depend on it for clean drinking water, according to the Salmon Falls River Watershed Collaborative. The Coalition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
and Great Works Regional Land Trust, are highlighting efforts to protect this vital resource. Kira Jacobs, of the EPA in Boston, will be a guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of Great Works Regional Land Trust, held at the Berwick Town Hall on the evening of Feb. 13. She will talk about the national attention that is being focused on the
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Salmon Falls River Watershed with efforts to protect drinking water, increase recreational opportunities and protect wildlife habitat. Jacobs is a 12-year veteran of water quality efforts and one of the original partners of the Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative, which formed in 2009 to improve water quality in the Watershed. She just returned from speaking about the Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative at the National Association of Conservation District’s annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., along with Melissa Brandt from York County Soil and Water Conservation District. “Kira has in-depth knowledge of water quality issues and solutions for community members. We are lucky to ben-
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Salmon Falls River in Berwick (courtesy photo)
efit from her expertise,” said Tin Smith, president of the Great Works Board of Directors. Berwick, along with other communities, relies on the Salmon Falls River as a source of drinking water. The River, which flows along the southern border of Berwick, is the largest river system contributing to the Great Bay estuary that borders Maine and New Hampshire. It was identified by the U.S. Forest Service, in a 2009 report, “Private Lands, Public Benefits,” as being the most threatened in the
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nation with regard to a potential decline in water quality due to conversion of private forested lands to housing. The Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative, an ambitious inter-state effort to protect drinking water supplies, was awarded the 2012 U.S. Water Prize by The Clean Water America Alliance. According to the Clean Water America Alliance President Ben Grumbles, “The water champions are showing America how to innovate, integrate and educate for water sustainability and economic success.” Berwick is one of six towns where Great Works actively protects land and the watershed. At the Annual meeting, Jessica See RIVER page 19...
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