Project Portal The coastal communities of Hampton and Seabrook are increasingly vulnerable to climate-driven threats such as erosion, storm surge, and sea level rise. Sand dunes play an important role in buffering the coastline from erosion and flooding; however, use...
Project Portal An interdisciplinary team is investigating community engagement tools coupled with field activities in the Town of Seabrook to: (1) conduct a stakeholder assessment to evaluate stakeholders’ willingness to pursue a consensus building process informed by...
Project Portal The Town of Seabrook elected to apply grant funds to support preparation of a new Master Plan Chapter to address growing concerns in the community about the potential future impacts of climate change. At their September 2016 meeting, the Planning Board...
PROJECT PORTAL NH Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension (NHSG/UNHCE) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) work to build coastal resilience to climate change and enhance landforms and wildlife habitat through the restoration of several dune habitats in the...
THE LATEST HAPPENINGS The purpose of this project was to provide assistance to the Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance (SHEA) to move forward with identified and prioritized concerns stemming from the previous year’s Preparing for Climate Change program and to help...
Check out some of the innovative #stormwater management strategies the City of Dover has undertaken to address impacts from climate change, summarized in an article by Kyle Pimental from @StraffordRPC and Ben Sweeney from @NHDES - https://www.nhcaw.org/innovative-approaches-to-stormwater-management-improve-resiliency/
Getting to the NH Seacoast is expected to get a lot more difficult in the future due to rising sea levels, according to the recently completed Seacoast Transportation Corridor Vulnerability Assessment. http://ow.ly/QQlr50JUeH2 @RPC_NH @UofNH @NHDES @NewHampshireDOT
