For 12 years NCABC has worked to balance natural attributes and economic interests in four small rural communities in New Hampshire’s North Country. Currently our goal takes the form of challenging an enormous 180-acre landfill and a drag strip, both proposed in the prime wetlands and wildlife habitat of the Ammonoosuc River watershed abutting Forest Lake State Park -- and threatening public health, community life and the environment in the towns of Dalton, Whitefield, Bethlehem and Littleton.The negative impacts of landfills and drag strips are well-documented.  A drag strip brings noise, light, traffic, groundwater pollution and diminished property values.  Landfills have a history of damaging environmental and public health impacts: they degrade water, air quality and quality of life for nearby residents.  Heavy truck traffic, toxic leaks and spills, groundwater and wetlands pollution and open-water contamination from scavengers like seagulls are just a few of the additional impacts.In opposing these projects, we focus on education and interaction with residents, local and state officials and elected representatives, from local select boards and conservation commissions to the NH Department of Environmental Services.  We also contract with legal and environmental engineering experts whose help is essential to meeting our big-picture goal of safeguarding and enhancing the natural and human environments of our communities.