III. Local Support
From the first series of informational meetings to the presentations made before each town board, council or association, support for the nomination has been strong. Following the first meetings a questionnaire was sent to river-front landowners. Twenty-two percent (22 percent) of the documents were returned. Eighty-eight percent (88%) indicated strong attachments to the Piscataquog River and support of this nomination.
The Piscataquog River Watershed Association held meetings in each of the seven towns through which the river flows describing the New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program and the Piscataquog River nomination to selectmen, planning boards, conservation commissions, private clubs, and to the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission. Support has been overwhelmingly positive.