Contact:
North Country RC&D
northcountryrcd@metrocast.net
Southern NH RC&D
southernnhrcd@gmail.com
RC&D webmaster: southernnhrcd@gmail.com
Resource
Conservation
and Development
RC&D is a federal program that is delivered at the
local level by independent, volunteer directed RC&D councils. New
Hampshire has two (2) RC&D councils; the North Country RC&D and the
Southern NH RC&D. This website serves both RC&D's in New
Hampshire.
Help the SNH RC&D Council serve the southern NH area better! Let us know what is important to you by taking the SNH RC&D Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YZX7K39
ABOUT NH RC&D Power Point presentation
North Country RC&D 2009 Annual Report North Country RC&D Annual Plan of Work 2010
Southern NH RC&D 2009 Annual Report Southern NH RC&D Annual Plan of Work 2010
Featured Projects and Activities:
Recently released! Rural Fire Resource Quick Guide. A ready reference for local fire service and other community leaders to help strengthen their fire fighting capacity to save lives and property. A project of the New Hampshire Rural Fire Protection Initiative (NHRFPI).
Has your community taken advantage of the
NHRFPI Dry Hydrant
design service? More than 65 New Hampshire communities have
utilized this valuable resource to assess and improve their fire suppression
capability.
Contact NHRFPI Staff at 603-223-0083 to find out what this program can do
for your town.
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The Community Roadmap: A civic decision making tool for evaluating the viability of wood biomass district heating systems for New Hampshire communities
North Country RC&D announces the launch of a new project: The Community Roadmap: A civic decision making tool for evaluating the viability of wood biomass district heating systems for New Hampshire communities.
The project, which has received financial support from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) administered by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, has the goal of creating a decision making tool which will be useful to municipalities, and also subsets of communities such as commercial and residential housing developments. This tool will make it easy for communities interested in district heating for cost savings and environmental reasons to get started by providing information and technical assistance. Beginning November 18, 2009, North country RC&D will be soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to work with the Task Force to create the decision making tool.
Those interested in the project can access the RFP by following the link below. For questions or more information call Rick DeMark at the North Country RC&D at (603) 527-2093.
Roadmap Press Release 11 18 09
Roadmap Q&A 12 04 09
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2010-14 North Country RC&D Area Plan Survey Results
NH Biomass/Heat Power Project
North Country RC&D is providing technical and financial assistance to help NH communities utilize wood biomass for institutional scale building heat. The PowerPoint presentations from the Biomass Heating workshops held in March can be viewed by clicking on the links below.
- Coos County Economic Action Plan - Energy Technical Review Committee
North Country RC&D facilitated the development of an Energy Action Plan as part of the Coos County Economic Action Plan. Energy, along with timber, the creative economy, and tourism are the components of the Coos County Economic Action Plan.The Energy Technical Review Committee met four (4) times in January and February, 2008 to develop a set of action strategies that were adopted by the Coos County EAP Steering Committee on April 30th, 2008.
The links below summarize the work of the Energy TRC and the information presented to the Coos County Economic Action Plan Steering Committee. For more detailed information on the Energy TRC as well as other components of the Coos County EAP visit the website of the North Country Council at www.nccouncil.org
Energy TRC Final Recommendations Energy TRC Final Report Action Strategies
- New Hampshire Rural Fire Protection Initiative (NHRFPI)