Introducing New Hampshire’s New Coastal Management Fellow, Ben Sweeney

Oct 1, 2019 | Stories

Pictured above: New Hampshire’s 2019-2021 NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, Ben Sweeney (center), posing with co-supervisors, Abigail Lyon, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (Left) and Nathalie Morison, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal...

Coastal Flood Risk Science and Technical Advisory Panel Releases Science Summary and Requests Public Input on Draft Guidance

Sep 3, 2019 | Stories

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: September 3, 2019 CONTACT: Nathalie Morison, NHDES Coastal Program, (603) 559-0029 des.nh.gov twitter.com/NHDES Portsmouth, NH – On behalf of the 2019 New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Science and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) Steering...

Conservation Commissions incorporate Climate Data in their Planning

Aug 8, 2019 | Stories

Photo: Emily Lord By: Lisa Wise, NH Sea Grant Extension Conservation commissions are municipal volunteer boards, charged with promoting “the proper utilization and protection of the natural resources” in communities (NH RSA 36-A). This can include doing...

CAW Partners Hold Climate in the Classroom Teacher Training

Aug 8, 2019 | Climate in the Classroom, Stories

By: Lisa Wise, NH Sea Grant Extension A recent poll by NPR/Ipsos found that over 80% of parents in the US support teaching climate change in schools. However, over half of teachers surveyed are not teaching about climate change in their classrooms. The most reported...

Request for Proposals for New Hampshire Coastal Resilience Municipal Planning Grants

Jun 6, 2019 | Stories

Portsmouth, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program announces the availability of targeted funds for municipal projects that plan for resilience to coastal hazards and build sustained capacity to implement resilience...

CAW Partners Kick Off Resilience Projects to Help Communities Prepare for Sea-level Rise and other Climate Change Impacts

May 7, 2019 | Stories

Portsmouth, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program announces that four new grant projects have officially kicked off, mobilizing over $317,000 to enhance New Hampshire’s coastal resilience to current and future...