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Committee backs inventory of habitat strongholds and launches Winnipesaukee Basin study transfer review
Summary
SB592 would require conservation commissions to keep inventories of habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors for regional planning (informational, not for zoning) and establishes a study of whether the Winnipesaukee River Basin wastewater program should be transferred from state ownership to an alternative authority; committee approved an amendment adding a repeal/sunset clause and voted ought‑to‑pass as amended (15–0).
Senator David Waters presented SB592, an early bill coupling two topics: statutory inventorying of habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors to inform regional transportation planning, and a directed study into whether ownership or operation of the Winnipesaukee River Basin Program (WRBP) should be transferred to an alternate authority.
Wildlife inventory: Waters said the…
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