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2020 King Tide Contest Winners

Dec 4, 2020 | Home Page Slideshow News, King Tide Contest, Stories

Portsmouth, NH – After receiving over 90 eligible submissions, the New Hampshire Coastal Adaptation Workgroup is excited to announce the winners of the 2020 King Tide Contest. Now a regular event, the contest aims to enhance public understanding of the possible...

Share Your Input! Needs Assessment for the NH Coastal Flood Risk Guidance

Oct 22, 2020 | Stories

UNH Cooperative Extension and NH Sea Grant, in partnership with the NHDES Coastal Program, are developing a strategic outreach plan to support stakeholders’ awareness and use of the NH Coastal Flood Risk Summary: Part II Guidance, released earlier this year. The...

Goodbye from former CAW co-chair, Steve Miller

Oct 13, 2020 | Stories

July 23, 2020 | By: Steve Miller, GBNERR I have been cleaning out my paper and electronic files, 18.5 years of work, files from hundreds of training events with development notes, reams of planning communications, flyers, agendas, evaluations, attendance lists as well...

Rockingham County Coastal Flood Maps Become Effective in January 2021

Sep 25, 2020 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

September 25, 2020 | By: Samara Ebinger, NH Office of Strategic Initiatives On July 29, 2020, FEMA issued the Letter of Final Determination (LFD) to finalize preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for coastal communities in Rockingham County. FEMA originally...

Living shoreline project creates a more resilient Wagon Hill Farm

Sep 25, 2020 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

September 24, 2020 | Durham, NH Guest post from Kyle Pimental, Strafford Regional Planning Commission In 2019, the Town of Durham, in partnership with the NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), University of New Hampshire (UNH), and the Great Bay National...

Winnacunnet Class Pilots Climate in the (Virtual) Classroom

Jun 9, 2020 | Climate in the Classroom, Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

By: Lisa Wise, NH Sea Grant Extension This spring, the Climate in the Classroom program moved up to the high school level for the first time. Barbara Reid, Winnacunnet High School’s chemistry and AP Environmental Science teacher, attended the Teacher Training...

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11 Jan

NH is likely to see more people move to its inland communities as climate change makes it harder to live in other places in the US. In fact, it’s already happening. How should we plan for climate migration? Great story by @aropeik.

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Climate migration is coming to northern New England. For a region with a greying, largely white population, it could create growth - or, without good planning, disruption. A remix of our recent @OutsideInRadio ep: https://www.nhpr.org/post/climate-change-drives-migration-nh-towns-face-tension-and-opportunity

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4 Dec

We're excited to announce and congratulate the winners of the 2020 King Tide Contest! Read the entire winners announcement here: https://www.nhcaw.org/2020-king-tide-contest-winners/. Big thanks to all who participated and helped raise awareness of NH's rising tides! Your support is tremendously appreciated.

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