PROJECT PORTAL

Navigating from Concern to Action Using the NOAA Roadmap in NH’s Small Coastal Communities: Newfields

This project helped a small NH coastal community (Newfields) with a volunteer-board government move climate preparedness from concern to action by using the NOAA Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risks (NOAA Roadmap). The Roadmap is a community-driven process that expanded capacity in Newfields to respond to climate preparedness through (1) increased knowledge about vulnerabilities of community assets, and (2) awareness of climate adaptation options. As a result, the community has updated their stormwater management regulations, implemented an emergency generator purchasing and installation program for community members, developed and distributed a local extreme weather preparedness calendar, and more.

Project Lead

University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and New Hampshire Sea Grant

Funding

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program
$15,450

Time Frame

Start: July 1, 2012
End: June 1, 2013

Newfields: Preparing for Climate Change