Natural Resources Chapter of the Master Plan - Town of Wolfeboro

Natural Resources Chapter, Wolfeboro, NH
Incorporate “No-Cut” or “No-Touch” riparian buffers into Wolfeboro‟s zoning
ordinances to protect rivers and streams.
Strengthen local protection methods for the Shoreland Zone due to the current legislative
efforts to weaken the State Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act, RSA 483-B.
Strengthen local protection of riparian corridors to maintain water quality and wildlife
habitat.
Protect the few remaining undeveloped areas of lake and pond frontage.
Consider acquiring land over and adjacent to productive aquifers in order to protect
future municipal water supplies.
Ensure the Aquifer Protection Overlay District is being enforced.
Prohibit or restrict new potential contamination sources from locating in a source water
protection area and/or in a wellhead protection area.
Purchase in fee or purchase a conservation easement on the remainder of the unprotected
lands in the Upper Beech Pond Municipal Watershed District.
Encourage use of the Open Space Subdivision provisions in the Wolfeboro Zoning
Ordinance.
Develop monitoring strategies for lands that are already protected by the Town.
Require Baseline Documentation Reports for lands to be placed in conservation as a
result of municipal zoning. Use these Baseline Documentation Reports to create a file of
conserved properties for use by the Conservation Commission in the exercise of their
monitoring duties.
Vernal Pools provide a unique habitat and crucial breeding grounds for a number of
species. Efforts should be made to protect this habitat and species it supports.
Create and implement a vernal pool ordinance that identifies and maps vernal pools;
Identify and map vernal pools on subdivision plans and site plans in order to provide an
opportunity to mitigate the impacts to these sensitive areas;
Educate the public on the importance behind vernal pools and how to identify and
document these pools.
Keep log landings, roads and trails out of vernal pools and the area adjacent to them as
this leads to massive annual mortality and local extinctions.
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