Appeal of Lake Sunapee Protective Ass'n

The petitioners, Lake Sunapee Protective Association and Town of Newbury, appeal a New Hampshire Wetlands Council decision. The Wetlands Council upheld the grant by New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) of a shoreland impact permit to the respondent, New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game (F&G), to construct a two-ramp public boat launch with parking on the State’s ‘Wild Goose Property,” located on the shore of Lake Sunapee. The petitioners contend that it was error to uphold DES’s decision because DES violated two provisions of the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection…