AWWA Programs
- Five Watershed Surveys Completed
- Salmon Falls headwaters plan revealed
- Watershed Plan Unveiled
- 2009 YCC Season
- Build Out Analysis
- What My YCC Job Meant to Me
- 2008 YCC Season
- 2007 YCC Season
- 2006 YCC Season
- 2005 Pilot Projects
- Salmon Falls Headwaters Water Quality Summaries
- Salmon Falls Headwaters Map
- YCC - Youth Conservation Corps
- Why Conduct a Watershed Survey?
- GEL/Ivanhoe Watershed Survey Training
- 2008 AWWA Programs build watershed stewardship
AWWA News
Check out Tips for a Natural Lakeshore from the US EPA for Lakes Appreciation Month.
The 5th season of the AWWA Youth Conservation Corps is up and running. Contact Program Director Howard Dupee for free advice about how to make your watershed property more water quality friendly.
Follow this link for the Watershed Survey reports.
Check out the video tour of some of the 2009 YCC projects led by the intrepid YCC crew.
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| YCC - Youth Conservation Corps |
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The AWWA Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) implements demonstration erosion control projects on streams, rivers, lakes and ponds in our target region. Each project showcases solutions to environmental problems faced by waterfront properties that landowners can do themselves. These solutions are called Best Management Practices (BMPs). Behind these projects is a crew of eager students supervised by a crew leader and a technical director. The YCC program gives its youth corps the opportunity to effect environmental solutions and empowers them to become the future stewards of our water resources. The YCC began in 2005 with two demonstration projects done with the assistance of the Mousam Lake YCC and UNH Cooperative Extension. In 2006 AWWA received funding for the YCC from the NHDES Watershed Assistance program, the Towns of Wakefield and Acton, lake associations, individuals, local businesses and private foundations to run a full season of YCC. At the close of the 2009 YCC season the completed 64 demonstration projects, including 200 BMPs, have resulted in a load reduction of 60.87 tons of sediment and 51.81 lbs of phosphorus to the lakes each year. In addition, AWWA has responded to an additional 131 requests for technical assistance. AWWA YCC demonstration sites are chosen based on the following criteria: 1. Sites will be chosen from all requests for participation. 2. They must of an appropriate size and difficulty for the YCC, which uses hand tools only. 3. Sites will be selected that have a relatively high impact to water quality, using sediment load estimates where possible. 4. Each Erosion Control project represents an example of a Best Management Practice (BMP). Therefore, efforts will be made to choose sites whose solutions will provide examples of a wide variety of different BMPs. 5. Efforts should be made to include at least one project on each lake in the service area. 6. All other factors being equal, the projects should be visible and accessible to the public for inspection, to more fully raise awareness of erosion from storm water runoff and encourage other property owners to participate in the solutions.~ Please take a look at our season reports for some examples of the work the YCC has done to prevent pollution from entering the lakes and streams of the AWWA region. Are you concerned about how your property might be affecting the water quality? Click on the link to fill out the Request for Assistance form and mail it to the address on the form. Or feel free to contact Technical Director for more information at 603-473-2500 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Click here to download the AWWA YCC Brochure. This project is supported by funds from the sale of the Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) under the NH State Conservation Committee grant program Funding for the AWWA YCC program was provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation – Lakes Region. |