Niantic River Watershed Coordinator
The Niantic River Watershed Protection Plan (NRWPP) recommends that there be a continued support for a Watershed Coordinator Position. This position would be dedicated to assisting the watershed board in implementing the Watershed Management Plan including conducting the inter-jurisdictional coordination activities, grant-writing and evaluation of plan achievements.
The CT DEP has given the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District a grant to coordinate the Niantic River Watershed Advisory Committee (NRWAC) and the four towns involved with the Niantic River to implement the Niantic River Watershed Protection Plan done in 2006.
The ECCD has recently hired Judith Rondeau as their new Natural Resource Specialist and, therefore, the new Niantic River Watershed Coordinator. Judy has an M.Sc. in Natural Resource Management and has worked for the Town of Thompson as their Wetlands Enforcement Officer. She is eager to help out the Niantic River Watershed Advisory Committee with their new set goals and objectives for this year!
The Niantic River Watershed Coordinator position is funded in part by the CT DEP through the US EPA Nonpoint Source grant program under §319 of the Clean Water Act.
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Be a NIMBY for the Niantic
We want you to be a NIMBY for the Niantic River: Niantic In My Back Yard. If you are in the Niantic River Watershed, which includes parts of East Lyme, Waterford, Salem, and Montville, then drainage from your site ends up in local streams and into the Niantic River. This means we are responsible for what happens to the Niantic River.