Portsmouth, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program is excited to launch four projects to promote flood hazard preparedness and resilience in New Hampshire communities along the Atlantic Coast and Great Bay estuary....
By: Ellie Baker, The Nature Conservancy Durham, NH – In 2016, The Nature Conservancy, University of New Hampshire, and independent oyster growers worked together to initiate oyster restoration efforts in 12 acres of the Great Bay Estuary in NH. Restoration...
By: Kirsten Howard, NHDES Coastal Program Portsmouth, NH – It was the summer of 2015, and Hannah Blondin was walking the shoreline. Find out what Hannah saw by jumping to our story map about the NH Inventory of Tidal Shoreline Protection Structures. What does...
By: Trevor Mattera and Emily Bialowas, University of New Hampshire Hartford, CT – On December 1st and 2nd, while our global leaders were meeting in Paris, France at the UN Climate Change Conference, UNH graduate students Emily Bialowas and Trevor Mattera and...
By: Brendan Newell, Great Bay NERR (with contributions from Cathy Coletti & Kirsten Howard, NHDES Coastal Program) Durham, NH – Standing on the beach at Wagon Hill Farm in Durham, NH, it’s easy to appreciate the natural beauty of coastal NH. From this...
By: Cathy Coletti, NHDES Coastal Program Great Bay Estuary, NH – Delightful subtleties in texture and taste greet the Howard family at dinner time at their lake house in central N.H. The oysters at this table came from a local oyster farm on Great Bay called...