Enhancing Resilience: Hampton’s Progressive Step Towards Floodplain Management

Apr 24, 2024 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

April 24, 2024 By Maddie DiIonno, Rockingham Planning Commission HAMPTON – In March 2024, the town of Hampton approved several amendments to its floodplain development regulations to enhance compliance with the NH State Building Code and bolster the town’s...

Rollinsford updates regulations for flood resilience and drinking water protection

Apr 18, 2024 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

April 18, 2024 By Kyle Pimental, Assistant Director, Strafford Regional Planning Commission ROLLINSFORD – A nearly three-year planning effort between the Town of Rollinsford and the Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) has come to an end, resulting in the...

CAW sets Five-year intentions

Oct 16, 2023 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

 September 22, 2023 By Lucy Perkins, NHDES Coastal Program This year, CAW members gathered at three retreats to pause and plan forward. Over the course of these retreats, CAW members set guiding principles to anchor future work, generated realistic and ambitious...

Flood Protection and Resilience Planning at the Local Level

Jun 30, 2023 | Home Page Slideshow News, Stories

June 29, 2023By Kyle Pimental and Autumn Scott, Strafford Regional Planning Commission MADBURY and ROLLINSFORD – A partnership between the Towns of Rollinsford and Madbury and the Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) has resulted in the development and...

Key takeaways from the 2022 NH Climate Summit

Oct 7, 2022 | Stories

By: Lucy Perkins, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, NHDES Coastal Program This year’s NH Climate Summit brought together over 80 people from around New Hampshire who represented local, regional, state, and federal agencies alongside community members, representatives...

Introducing Lucy Perkins, NH’s New Coastal Management Fellow

Oct 7, 2022 | Stories

I am thrilled to be working with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program and New Hampshire Sea Grant as a NOAA Coastal Management Fellow for the next two years. This role offers an invaluable opportunity to affect and be affected by the...