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Isinglass River Management Plan Oyster River Nomination Submitted to the Department of Environmental Services For designation to the New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program By the Oyster River Watershed Association with Strafford Regional Planning Commission FUNDING SOURCE: This project was funded by Section 604(b) of the Clean Water Act from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Front Cover: Photograph by Dick Weyrick during a Riverwalk on May 30th, 2004. The location is at the southern edge of a huge bog and wetland that make up the headwaters of the Oyster River, in the Samuel A. Tamposi Water Supply Reserve (SATWaSR). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Oyster River Watershed Association, a 501(c)(3) organization, prepared the Oyster River Nomination with assistance from the Strafford Regional Planning Commission and the NH Department of Environmental Services Rivers Management and Protection Program. The nomination was completed in June 2010. Nominating Subcommittee Members of the Oyster River Watershed Association include: Chuck Cox – Association President Lee Dick Weyrick – Vice President Lee Tom Lee Lee Eric Fiegenbaum Madbury Brian Gallagher University of New Hampshire The Oyster River Watershed Association recognizes the professional contributions to this plan of Laura Weit-Marcum, Acting Rivers Coordinator (NHDES, Rivers Management and Protection Program), and the stakeholders and partners that provided technical and editorial assistance in development of this document. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I. NOMINATION INFORMATION ............................................................................ 1 SECTION II. SUMMARY: RESOURCES OF STATEWIDE OR LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE .... 2 SECTION III. COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SUPPORT ............................................................ 7 SECTION IV. OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION .......................................................... 11 SECTION V. RIVER CLASSIFICATIONS ................................................................................ 14 1. River Segment Criteria................................................................................................... 14 2. River Segments................................................................................................................ 15 SECTION VI. MAP SET.............................................................................................................. 16 SECTION VII. RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.............................................................................. 17 1. Natural Resources........................................................................................................... 17 (a) Geologic Resources......................................................................................................... 17 (b) Wildlife Resources .......................................................................................................... 21 (c) Vegetation and Natural Ecological Communities ........................................................... 27 (d) Fish Resources................................................................................................................. 33 (e) Water Quality .................................................................................................................. 37 (f) Natural Flow Characteristics............................................................................................ 41 (g) Open Space...................................................................................................................... 46 2. Managed Resources ........................................................................................................ 49 (a) Impoundments ................................................................................................................. 49 (b) Water Withdrawals and Discharges ................................................................................ 50 (c) Hydroelectric Resources.................................................................................................. 50 3. Cultural Resources.......................................................................................................... 51 (a) Historical and Archaeological Resources........................................................................ 51 (b) Community Resources .................................................................................................... 56 4. Recreational Resources .................................................................................................. 62 (a) Fishery ............................................................................................................................. 62 (b) Boating ............................................................................................................................ 62 (c) Other Recreational Opportunities.................................................................................... 63 (d) Public Access .................................................................................................................. 65 5. Other Resources.............................................................................................................. 66 (a) Scenic Resources............................................................................................................. 66 (b) Land Use ......................................................................................................................... 68 (c) Land Use Controls........................................................................................................... 69 (d) Water Quantity ................................................................................................................ 73 (e) Riparian Interests/Flowage Rights .................................................................................. 74 SECTION VIII. RIVER POINT EVALUATION SUGGESTION AND JUSTIFICATION ...... 75 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 84 APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................. 87 Oyster River Nomination Form NH Rivers Management and Protection Program Submitted June 1, 2010 page ii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Facts and Figures About the Oyster River Watershed.................................................... 17 Table 2. Acreage of Stratified Drift Aquifers by Watershed Community.................................... 18 Table 3. Mammals in the Oyster River and River Corridor ......................................................... 21 Table 4. Macroinvertebrates Observed in the Oyster River and River Corridor.......................... 21 Table 5. Bird Species in the Oyster River and River Corridor ..................................................... 22 Table 6. Endangered or Threatened Animals within the Oyster River and River Corridor ......... 24 Table 7. Significant Wildlife Habitat Supported by the Oyster River.......................................... 25 Table 8. Various Wildlife Species Movement Between Large Habitat Areas ............................. 26 Table 9. Common Plant Species in the River and River Corridor................................................ 28 Table 10. Known Occurrences of Endangered or Threatened Plant Species. .............................. 32 Table 11. Exemplary Natural Ecological Communities ............................................................... 32 Table 12. Common Freshwater Species in the River.................................................................... 33 Table 13. Known Occurrences of Rare Fish Species and Exemplary Natural Communities....... 33 Table 14. Freshwater Species of Conservation Concern .............................................................. 34 Table 15. Numbers of Blueback Herring Returning to Oyster River Fishway from 1990-2008.. 35 Table 16. Diadromous Species of Concern................................................................................... 36 Table 17. The 2008 Section 305(b) Report and 303(d) List for the Oyster River........................ 39 Table 18. Definition of DES Subcategories for Parameters, Uses and Assessment Units ........... 40 Table 19. Summary Statistics Discharge in Cubic Feet per Second (cfs). ................................... 42 Table 20. Statistics of Monthly Mean Data for Water Years 1935-2008. .................................... 42 Table 21. Land Uses By Type in the Oyster River Corridor ........................................................ 46 Table 22. Conservation Lands In the Oyster River Corridor........................................................ 48 Table 23. Impoundments on the Oyster River.............................................................................. 49 Table 24. Withdrawals from the Oyster River.............................................................................. 50 Table 25. Historical and Archaeological Resources..................................................................... 55 Table 26. Other Recreational Resources in the River Corridor.................................................... 65 Table 27. Public Access to the Oyster River ................................................................................ 65 Table 28. Land Characteristics of the Oyster River Watershed.................................................... 68 Table 29. Railroad Crossings at the Oyster River........................................................................
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