CONCORD, N.H. - The public boat ramp facility at Otter Lake in Greenfield, N.H., will be closed beginning Monday May 18, 2015, for repairs and improvements. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will rebuild the ramp using its precast-concrete plank design. In addition, an enlarged parking area for eight trailer-parking spaces, including one for recreationists with disabilities, will be created. The parking area surface will be constructed with a pervious stone-filled grid to increase stormwater runoff infiltration to control discharges to the lake. A stone-lined drainage swale and two bio-retention ponds with a slow release level-spreader outfall will also direct and collect runoff to protect lake water quality. The project is expected to take about six to seven weeks to complete, depending upon the weather. Another announcement will be published when the ramp reopens.

Another maintenance project will be underway soon at the Ashley Ferry Boat ramp on the Connecticut River in Claremont. The Department will be dredging silt from the ramp to clear it. During this process, the ramp will be closed for several days. Dates of the closure will be published on the Fish and Game website at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/newsroom.

New Hampshire's Public Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and federal Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration funds.

Fish and Game's Facilities Construction and Lands Division acquires land for public water access sites, refurbishes existing sites and builds new public boat access areas. Visit http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/access.

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CONTACT:
Garret Graaskamp, Public Boat Access Program Coordinator: (603) 271-1748.
Jane Vachon: (603) 271-3211