· Little River Salt Marsh Restoration Project
This award-winning project was completed to restore the natural tidal flow in the Little River Salt marsh through the construction of a major culvert beneath Rt. 1A, near the junction of Rt. 1A and Sea Rd. Sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the NH Office of State Planning, Natural Resources Conservation Service of the US Department of Agriculture, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Town of North Hampton, this $1.5 million project will, in time, restore the Little River Salt Marsh back to its natural habitat and reduce fresh water flooding of the marsh previously caused by obstructions to natural tidal flows. This project received several prominent State and regional awards.
· Protection of two major parcels in Year 2002. Through the efforts of North Hampton Forever, over 32 acres of open space was permanently protected from future development. These parcels included the historic Garland farm 15-acre easement with the Metalious family and a 17- acre easement bargain sale to Town by the Wollmar family.
The North Hampton Forever program also received the Award of Merit from the Office of State Planning in the NH GrowSmart program and was featured in the State's guidebook, Saving Special Places: Community Funding for Land Conservation.
· Through a private foundation grant, North Hampton Forever conducts an ongoing public outreach program to
· highlight the environmental, aesthetic and financial benefits of protecting open space as Conservation land and to
· encourage landowners in Town to enter into land gifting, conservation easement or bargain sale agreements with the Town for maintaining the rural New England character of the Community.
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