Enhancing Our Natural Resources
Tree Equity in Nashua
Nashua has worked hard to ensure that all community members enjoy the advantages of a healthy urban forest, which is reflected in a high Tree Equity Score of 86. To ultimately reach a score of 100, Nashua will need to prioritize areas of the city with lower tree cover and high heat vulnerability, including the downtown.
City of Nashua Tree Equity Score, American Forests (2024).
Enhancing Our Natural Resources
Expanding Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure use plants, soils, trees, and other landscaping features to filter, store, or absorb stormwater. These solutions can reduce runoff, pollution, and flooding in neighborhoods across Nashua.
With the Livable Nashua Plan, the City will seek to expand local green infrastructure projects such as rain gardens, porous pavement, bioswales, and street tree enhancements.
What is a "Conservation Easement"?
A conservation easement is a legally binding agreement that prevents development on a piece of land forever, protecting the land for specific conservation values, such as water quality or wildlife habitat, while still providing economic benefits for the area in the form of jobs, economic activity and property taxes.
Land Conservation
Protecting More Open Space
Nashua has been working hard to conserve its open space. The 2000s saw a big increase in the number of acres of conservation land.
27 Conservation Land Over Time, Livable Nashua Dashboard (2019).
What You Can Do
Reduce Waste and Support Our Beautiful Natural Resources
Help us foster a Livable Nashua by taking action to reduce waste and protect our natural resources.
