The Public Water Access Advisory Board (PWAAB)'s charge is to advise, monitor and coordinate state agency public access efforts including the Statewide Public Access Program. The Board is in support of the Fish and Game Department's Public Access Program to maximize these state ownerships on public water for the public's benefit.

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• Annual Reports (pdf files):
  • 2008 PWAAB Annual Report
  • 2007 PWAAB Annual Report
  • 2006 PWAAB Annual Report

The Public Water Access Advisory Board is comprised of 19 members representing the following organizations and interests: N.H. Fish and Game Department; Department of Resources and Economic Development; Department of Environmental Services; Department of Transportation; Department of Safety; Office of State Planning; two members of the general public; two Senators; two House members (one from Resources and Recreation Committee and one from the Fish and Game Committee); public members representing the following interest groups: hunting, fishing, power boating, lake associations, rivers associations, non-motorized boating and the Governor's Commission on Disability. Members are appointed for a term of 3 years.

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To date, the 19 members of the Public Water Access Advisory Board have worked on a number of important access endeavors. The Board has become a central repository for access information and has been able to foster a communal effort between stateagencies that deal in public access.

• Click here for information on the proposed Wild Goose Public Access Site on Lake Sunapee in Newbury.
  

For an interactive boating and fishing public access map, click here. For an interactive GIS map viewer of all N.H. public access and other recreation sites, click here. For a list of Fish and Game public water access sites in New Hampshire, click here. NEW article: ACCESS! Fish and Game helps the public float their boats (PDF, 884 KB - NH Wildlife Journal, March/April 2010)

Upcoming meetings of the N.H. Public Water Access Advisory Board (PWAAB):
	The public is invited to attend Public Water Access Advisory Board meetings. Routinely, these meetings generally occur on Mondays in alternate months, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the N.H. Fish and Game Department headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, N.H. Please note that meeting dates are subject to cancellation or change, so public participants should call Administrative Secretary Ellen Harrington at 603-271-2461 to confirm. 2010 Meeting PWAAB Schedule: May 3, 2010 July 12, 2010 September 13, 2010 November 1, 2010
Location: N.H. Fish and Game Department headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord. Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Contact: Thomas Quarles, PWAAB Chairman, (603) 695-8641 ; or Ellen Harrington, Administrative Secretary, (603) 271-2461

PWAAB Meeting Minutes* (click on date; pdf files) 2009 Minutes: September 14, 2009 June 1, 2009 May 4, 2009 January 5, 2009 February 23, 2009 *Minutes of PWAAB meetings are posted after formal approval.

Archives -- Minutes of past meetings 2008 Minute Archive 2007 Minute Archive 2006 Minute Archive

Current members of N.H.'s Public Water Access Advisory Board are listed below with their contact information:

BOARD MEMBER NAME and affiliation	ADDRESS	TERM EXPIRES
Thomas Quarles, Esq, Chair -- General Public	Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., 111 Amherst Street, Manchester, NH 03101; Phone: (603) 695-8641; Fax: (603) 666-4288; Email: tquarles@devinemillimet.com	October 27, 2010
Glenn Normandeau, Executive Director, N.H. FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT	11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301; Phone: (603) 271-3511; Fax: (603) 271-6938. Other Fish and Game staff associated with PWAAB include: Ellen Harrington, Administrative Secretary - (603) 271-2461; ellen.harrington@wildlife.nh.gov Richard Fink, Public Works Manager (603) 271-1134; richard.fink@wildlife.nh.gov Vacant, Biologist III	N/A
	NH Fish and Game Department, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301; Phone:	N/A
Mel Pfeifle -- General Public	P.O. Box 47, Bradford, NH 03221; Phone: (603) 938-5981; Email: mpfeifle@conknet.net	October 27, 2009
The Honorable Deborah Reynolds -- NH State Senate	5 Chaddarin Lane, Plymouth, NH 03264; Phone: (603) 271-3569; Email: deb.reynolds@leg.state.nh.us	N/A
NH State Senate	Vacant	N/A
The Hon. John W. Henson, Fish and Game Committee, NH House of Representatives	15 Grove Street, Exeter, NH 03833-2709; Phone (h): (603) 772-3725; Email: john.hensen@leg.state.nh.us	N/A
Resources and Recreation Committee, NH House of Representatives	Vacant	N/A
Joseph A. Norton -- Hunting Interests	PO Box 772, Henniker, NH 03242; Phone (h): (603) 428-7171; Fax: (603) 623-7783; Email: ed@nhwf.org	October 27, 2010
Paul F. Blizzard -- Powerboat Interests	119 Pendleton Beach Road, Laconia, NH 03246; Phone: (603) 366-2466; Email: formulalakes@metrocast.net	October 27, 2010
R. Andrew Robertson -- Non-motorized Boating	32 Haynes Rd, Deerfield, NH 03037; Phone: (603) 463-7158 (h); (603) 736-8562 (w); Email: arobert536@aol.com	October 27, 2010
Ronald Poirier -- Fishing Interests	639 Fourth Range Road, Pembroke, NH 03275; Phone: 224-8843; Email: xbassx@comcast.net	October 27, 2010
Joseph B. Goodnough -- N.H. Lakes Association	213 Bay Point Road, Box 2023, Newbury, NH 03255; Phone: (603)763-9667 (h); Email: joe.goodnough@verizon.net	October 27, 2010
Brian A. Giles -- N.H. Rivers Association	22 Lamprey Lane, Durham, NH 03824; Phone: (603) 659-5884; Fax: (603) 659-1024; Email: bagiles@earthlink.net	December, 2010
B. David Bryan -- Coastal Conservation Commission	36 Great Hill Drive, Newmarket, NH 03857; Phone: (603) 661-0147; Email: b.d.b@earthlink.net	October 5, 2011
Michael Lassonde -- GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY	75 Blanford Place, Bedford, NH 03110; Phone: (603) 471-0558; Email: cdsofnh@comcast.net	October 27, 2010
Jacquie Colburn -- NH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301; Phone: (603) 271-2959; Email: jcolburn@des.state.nh.us	N/A
Mark Gallagher for David Barrett, Designee for NH DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY	31 Dock Road, Gilford, NH 03249; Phone: (603) 271-3503; E-mail: mgallagher@safety.state.nh.us	N/A
Bob Spoerl -- NH DEPT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	PO Box 1856, Concord, NH 03302-1856; Phone: (603) 271-2214 x307; Email: BSPOERL@DRED.STATE.NH.US	N/A
Matt Urban -- NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	7 Hazen Drive, PO Box 483 (mailing) Concord, NH 03302; Phone: (603) 271-3734; Email: murban@dot.state.nh.us	N/A
Ken Gallagher -- NH OFFICE OF ENERGY AND PLANNING	57 Regional Drive, Concord, NH 03301; Phone: (603) 271-2155; Email:  ken.gallagher@nh.gov	N/A

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