Grafton Select Board to hold hydrology forum Monday, Oct. 10

The Grafton Select Board has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 at the White Church in Grafton to hold a hydrology forum.

Invited participants:

David Deen, chair, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Water; Geoff Goll, vice president, Princeton Hydrology; John Bennett, senior planner, Windham Regional Planning Commission; Billy Coster, director of Planning, Agency of Natural Resources; and a hydrologist from Iberdrola Renewables

Topics to be addressed:

• Brief overview of the Saxtons River watershed;
• Discussion of the current situation at Lowell Mountain;
• Discussion of the relevance of the Lowell Mountain situation to issues related to the Grafton/Windham proposed Industrial Wind Project;
• Discussion of NOAA/National Weather Services’ report of the Grafton 1996 flood and possible relevance to the proposed Wind Project

Moderator:Chris Wallace, chair, Board of Civil Authority

Questions will be taken from the audience.