Fill is defined as material that has been deposited or caused to be deposited by human activity. Logs or rock placed in stream bank for a bridge abutment. Stockpiling of tree butts, slash, and debris in a wetland, bank, or waterbody. Dredge is defined as to dig, excavate or otherwise disturb the soil in a wetland, bank or surface waterbody. Digging in a stream or wetland to install a culvert.
Machinery ruts in a wetland, bank or waterbody.
If your proposed forestry project involves any of the above activities, then you are required to either file a complete notification form or received a permit from Department prior to doing the work. If you question whether your project would meet the dredge and fill definition or need information on the notification process, please contact the DES Wetlands Bureau office at 271-2147, which is located at 6 Hazen Drive, P O Box 95, in Concord NH 03302.