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 ====== Mt. Washington State Park ====== ====== Mt. Washington State Park ======
  
-[[https://www.change.org/p/new-hampshire-state-house-rename-mount-washington-to-original-indigenous-name?redirect=false| Petition to change the name of Mt Washington.]]+
  
 [[Waumbek Station|Waumbek Station]] [[Waumbek Station|Waumbek Station]]
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 {{ :mw:rptwater_mount_washington.pdf |August 2022, inventory review, water}} {{ :mw:rptwater_mount_washington.pdf |August 2022, inventory review, water}}
  
 +[[https://youtu.be/rOHZhdYyEp8|September 21, 2022: *VIDEO* Coos County Planning Board meeting with Earl Duval and Wayne Presby re conceptual plans for "Lizzie's," and Les Otten (The Balsams is permitted (a 2016 ruling) to withdraw 15,000 gallons a minute from the Androscoggin River for snowmaking = 21,600,000 gallons a day.)]]
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 +{{ :mw:oct6-nhb-lizzies_station_rareplantsurvey_report_final.pdf |October 6, 2022, Final Rare Plant Survey: "NHB’s finding identified that the proposed Lizzie’s Station would eliminate approximately 35,500
 +ft2 of intact alpine tundra. This excludes the existing railroad line and the associated disturbed areas
 +on the east side of the tracks. The following findings are based on NHB’s inventory and
 +observations. State conservation ranks [S1-S5] indicate the relatively rarity of both species and
 +natural communities. S1 indicates the rarest or most imperiled species and communities, while S5
 +are the most common and secure:
 +Natural Communities Observed
 +The alpine tundra system within the survey area was a mix of two different natural communities,
 +sedge – rush – heath meadow (S1) and felsenmeer barren (S2).}}
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 +{{ :mw:re_nhb_inventory_of_lizzie_s_station_redacted.pdf |October 7, 2022, email re Rare Plant Survey}}
  
  
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 [[https://indepthnh.org/2022/10/24/op-ed-who-speaks-for-mt-washingtons-fragile-alpine-tundra/|October 24, 2022, InDepth NH; "Who Speaks for Mt. Washington's Fragile Alpine Summit?"]] [[https://indepthnh.org/2022/10/24/op-ed-who-speaks-for-mt-washingtons-fragile-alpine-tundra/|October 24, 2022, InDepth NH; "Who Speaks for Mt. Washington's Fragile Alpine Summit?"]]
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 +{{ :mountain:letter_to_mwc_et._al_re_missing_ecological_assessment_5-13-23.pdf |May 14, 2023: Letter to Mt. Washington Commission et. al. re financing for Ecological Assessment.}}
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 +[[Washington name change|2023: Proposed Mt. Washington name change]]
  
  
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