New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Wt - Wetlands Programs
Chapter Env-Wt 700 - PRIME WETLANDS
Part Env-Wt 702 - CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATION OF PRIME WETLANDS
Section Env-Wt 702.02 - Selection of Primary Wetlands Functions for Evaluation
Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
The primary wetlands functions used in the evaluation of the identified wetlands shall include wetland-dependent wildlife habitat and 3 or more of the following, as listed in RSA 482-A:2, XI:
(a) Ecological integrity;
(b) Fish and aquatic life habitat;
(c) Scenic quality;
(d) Educational potential;
(e) Wetland-based recreation;
(f) Flood storage;
(g) Groundwater recharge;
(h) Sediment trapping;
(i) Nutrient trapping, retention, and transformation;
(j) Shoreline anchoring; and
(k) Noteworthiness.
#1825, eff 10-5-81; ss by #2512, eff 10-19-83; ss by #2924, eff 12-11-84, EXPIRED: 12-11-90
New.#5028, eff 12-20-90; ss by #5486, eff 10-14-92; amd by #6404, INTERIM, eff 12-21-96, EXPIRED: 4-20-97
New.#6498-B, eff 4-23-97, EXPIRED: 4-23-05
New.#8341, eff 4-25-05 (See Revision Note at chapter heading of Env-Wt 700)
