Looking for a Environmental Permitting Company/Person

AC2717 · 02-20-2026, 11:37 AM

Looking for a environmental permitting company person, to handle mooring/dock permits and breakwall work permits and maintaining the permits.

Thank you

MeredithMan · 02-20-2026, 12:04 PM

Jamie Irving, D/B/A Northwing Design, in Meredith. 603-832-4851. He used to work for Watermark, then went out on his own as an independent DES permit consultant, (still works closely with Watermark). Worked with him just this past Fall to get a permit to extend our dock 9'. Great guy and handles the entire process.

Descant · 02-20-2026, 04:13 PM

Whoever is doing the dock work will usually get the permit. Start now. The DES has some time controls on them, but they almost always send the application to the local Conservation Commission which has no such controls. Most CC's meet once a month and you may not get on the first month's agenda. Sometimes, they discuss and ask for changes or an in person site walk and you get continued to a second month.

SAB1 · 02-20-2026, 10:30 PM

I dealt with Jamie when he worked for Watermark. Great guy, professional and thorough.

TiltonBB · 02-22-2026, 08:53 AM

You may be able to register your existing dock and that will allow repairs or replacement as long as the dimensions stay the same. That will make it exempt from permitting. I think the main requirement is that the dock remains the same size and you can document that it has been in place since 2020. In addition to any documentation you submit they will look at Google Images to see what has been in place. I did one last year and it was not that difficult. I got the registration back in less than a month.

Purpose
Voluntary registration is an alternative to getting a permit for every repair or replacement of existing non-tidal permanent docking structures. It also offers owners an easier way to prove compliance with certain state statutes and rules when buying or selling properties that include these structures.

Applicability
The repair or replacement of legally existing docking structures in non-tidal waters shall be exempt from the permitting requirements of RSA 482-A:3, provided that the structures have a valid registration filed with the department by the owner of the property, in accordance with RSA 482-A:11, XI, as described in RSA 482-A:3, IV-a(b).

https://onlineforms.nh.gov/app/#/for...nhdes-w-06-096

ishoot308 · 02-22-2026, 09:33 AM

I highly recommend Abby Thompson of “Edgewater Strategies”.

https://www.edgewaternh.com/

Abby grew up on the lake, is an islander and worked for DES for many years. She is extremely knowledgeable in all things shorefront. She is also a very nice and easy to deal with person.

Dan

TheTimeTraveler · 02-22-2026, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

Looking for a environmental permitting company person, to handle mooring/dock permits and breakwall work permits and maintaining the permits.

Thank you

Try Allen Folsom. His website below:

www.Advantagenhlakes.com

Hopefully he can get you to the piece of cheese!

AC2717 · 02-23-2026, 02:18 PM

Thank you, it is not for one job in particular, just general permitting and if items need attention, thank you for the reccomendations
Alex

02-20-2026, 11:37 AM	#1
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,616 Thanks: 755 Thanked 369 Times in 277 Posts	Looking for a Environmental Permitting Company/Person Looking for a environmental permitting company person, to handle mooring/dock permits and breakwall work permits and maintaining the permits. Thank you __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

02-20-2026, 12:04 PM	#2
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 1,006 Thanks: 264 Thanked 830 Times in 347 Posts	Jamie Irving... Jamie Irving, D/B/A Northwing Design, in Meredith. 603-832-4851. He used to work for Watermark, then went out on his own as an independent DES permit consultant, (still works closely with Watermark). Worked with him just this past Fall to get a permit to extend our dock 9'. Great guy and handles the entire process.

02-22-2026, 08:53 AM	#5
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,159 Thanks: 748 Thanked 2,277 Times in 986 Posts	Maybe you can do it You may be able to register your existing dock and that will allow repairs or replacement as long as the dimensions stay the same. That will make it exempt from permitting. I think the main requirement is that the dock remains the same size and you can document that it has been in place since 2020. In addition to any documentation you submit they will look at Google Images to see what has been in place. I did one last year and it was not that difficult. I got the registration back in less than a month. Purpose Voluntary registration is an alternative to getting a permit for every repair or replacement of existing non-tidal permanent docking structures. It also offers owners an easier way to prove compliance with certain state statutes and rules when buying or selling properties that include these structures. Applicability The repair or replacement of legally existing docking structures in non-tidal waters shall be exempt from the permitting requirements of RSA 482-A:3, provided that the structures have a valid registration filed with the department by the owner of the property, in accordance with RSA 482-A:11, XI, as described in RSA 482-A:3, IV-a(b). https://onlineforms.nh.gov/app/#/for...nhdes-w-06-096

02-22-2026, 09:33 AM	#6
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,531 Thanks: 2,453 Thanked 5,465 Times in 2,142 Posts	Edgewater Strategies I highly recommend Abby Thompson of “Edgewater Strategies”. https://www.edgewaternh.com/ Abby grew up on the lake, is an islander and worked for DES for many years. She is extremely knowledgeable in all things shorefront. She is also a very nice and easy to deal with person. Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

02-23-2026, 02:18 PM	#8
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,616 Thanks: 755 Thanked 369 Times in 277 Posts	Thank you, it is not for one job in particular, just general permitting and if items need attention, thank you for the reccomendations Alex __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

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02-20-2026, 04:13 PM	#3
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,591 Thanks: 1,413 Thanked 1,703 Times in 1,107 Posts	Whoever is doing the dock work will usually get the permit. Start now. The DES has some time controls on them, but they almost always send the application to the local Conservation Commission which has no such controls. Most CC's meet once a month and you may not get on the first month's agenda. Sometimes, they discuss and ask for changes or an in person site walk and you get continued to a second month.

02-20-2026, 10:30 PM	#4
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,275 Thanks: 196 Thanked 336 Times in 244 Posts	I dealt with Jamie when he worked for Watermark. Great guy, professional and thorough.