The municipal alliance for adaptive management (MAAM) is a regional organization created by intermunicipal agreement among seven (7) coastal new hampshire cities and towns (rochester, dover,…

The municipal alliance for adaptive management (MAAM) is a regional organization created by intermunicipal agreement among seven (7) coastal new hampshire cities and towns (rochester, dover, portsmouth, exeter, newington, milton, and rollinsford) which own eight (8) wastewater treatment facilities that discharge to the great BAY watershed and are subject to the 2021 great BAY total nitrogen general npdes permit. The organization was formed to collectively implement adaptive management plans including specific actions to study, monitor and improve the health of the great BAY estuary, beyond what the communities could do individually with partners university of new hampshire, the piscataqua region estuaries partnership (PREP), the nature conservancy, and the conservation law foundation, the MAAM seeks to address four objectives: 1. Eelgrass bed restoration. 2. Oyster reef restoration. 3. Monitoring the efficacy of oyster reef and eelgrass bed restoration. 4.