What's Caw up to?
Save the Date: Picturing Rising Tides 2026
October 26 – November 2
Get ready to submit photos featuring high tide flooding, wildlife, beaches, rivers, or any other impacts you see! Each year, CAW invites community members to photograph extreme high tides during its annual Picturing Rising Tides event to raise awareness of New Hampshire’s rising seas. Photographing high tide flooding gives us a glimpse of what daily water levels could be like in the future. Stay tuned for more details about the 2026 event, planned around the expected high tides during October 26-November 2.
Living with Water - a Workshop for Realtors
November 10, 2026
Become the ‘source of the source’ for your clients when it comes to questions about living near water and coastal habitats. With presenters from the NH Coastal Program, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Strafford Regional Planning Commission, learn about resources related to water quality, flooding, updates to disclosure requirements in NH and ME, and what this means for buyers and sellers. You’ll also have a chance to see how the Strawbery Banke Museum is adapting to flooding. Space is limited!
What are CAW Members working on?
September 20-27 is National Estuaries Week!
Celebrate with the Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance!
Celebrate with the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve!
Public Comment Opportunity!
Share feedback on the draft NH Coastal Flood Risk Summary, Part II: Guidance for Using Best Available Science
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- October 1, 12:00-1:00pm – Kickoff Webinar | Register here.
- In-Person Workshops: At these workshops, participants will have an opportunity to apply the draft Guidance to different scenarios and share feedback with the Project Team. The two workshops will cover similar content – pick the date the works best for you. Lunch will be provided. Registration is requested to help with planning.
- October 8, 1:00-3:00pm, Dover Library, Dover, NH
- October 13, 10:00-12:00pm, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Stratham, NH
- Register here!
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Can’t make the workshops but still want to share feedback? We will also have an online survey available during October. Stay tuned!
Questions? Contact Lwise@straffordrpcnh.gov. For more information about the NH Coastal Flood Risk Summary Update, visit the website.
This project is funded in part, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act in conjunction with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program; the NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau; and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Coastal Resilience Fund.
Help Distribute the NH Environmental Justice Assessment Survey to your Community!
Due September 30
This survey is part of the NH Environmental Justice Assessment to collect information from New Hamshire residents about their communities, environmental conditions, and quality of life. Information collected in this survey will help:
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- Identify environmental issues of concern across the state
- Engage community members in speaking up for cleaner, fairer communities
- Identify policies that address systemic disparities and promote long-term environmental health and equity
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What are CAW Members reading and watching?
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- Yesteryear – Caro Claire Burke
- The Wedding People – Alison Espach
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil – V. E. Schwab
- Gathering Moss – Robin Wall Kimmerer
- The Five-Star Weekend – Elin Hilderbrand
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Funding and Assistance Opportunities
Climate Impact Grants
Due October 30
The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP)’s Climate Impact Grants program is back for another round of funding! This grant program provides up to $25,000 for community-led projects that address the impacts of extreme heat and/or flooding. The program is now available to any community in the Piscataqua Region Watershed (52 communities in NH and ME*). Projects must emphasize local action and strong community engagement to build climate resilience where it’s needed most.
Climate Impact Grants is funded by NH Charitable Foundation’s Great Bay 2030 initiative, and it is led and administered by PREP. This round, the program has also been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Assistance Agreement 4T00A01778 to the recipient.
Upcoming Events
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- Wildlife Kayak Tours – Seacoast Science Center [multiple dates]
- September 15: Anticipating & Overcoming Barriers – Lessons Learned from Building Climate Resiliency in the Business Sector – An EBC Webinar [register]
- September 18: Protecting Seabrook’s Sand Dunes: Managing Invasive Plants (Workshop) – SHEA [register]
- September 18: Beginner Outdoor Series – Forest Society [register]
- September 19: Salt Marsh & Bird Walk – SHEA [register]
- September 20: BioBlitz at the Seacoast Science Center [get tickets]
- September 22: Time & Tide Live at the Seacoast Science Center [get tickets]
- September 25: Master the Art of Oyster Shucking – NH Sea Grant [get tickets]
- September 30: Salmon Falls Success Safari – Salmon Falls Watershed Collaboration [register]
- October 24: Great Bay 5k: Race for a Healthy Estuary – Great Bay Stewards [register]
- November 4: Annual Science Meeting – Regional Association for the Research on the Gulf of Maine [register here]
This newsletter is brought to you by the NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup, a collaboration of organizations working to assist communities in NH’s coastal watershed to prepare for the impacts of extreme weather and long-term climate change by providing resources, facilitation, and guidance that enhances readiness and resilience.