Watershed
Case Studies
Since
1992, the NEMO Team and the
Forest Stewardship Program have partnered with the Silvio
O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge, the
Nature Conservancy and many other groups in the region to develop
a replicable watershed model for the lower Connecticut River valley.
The watershed projects are non-regulatory, education driven efforts
that make use of geographic information systems (GIS) technology
to help provide a watershed perspective to local interests.
The philosophy is that local land use decisions, by both municipal officials
and individual land owners, hold the key to the ultimate fate of a watershed’s
natural resources. And that the health of these resources is closely
linked with both the long-term economic vitality of the region and the
rural character of its communities.
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