This year, 42 people submitted 90 pictures and videos from 11 communities across New Hampshire’s coastal watershed as part of the New Hampshire Coastal Adaptation Workgroup’s (CAW) annual Picturing Rising Tides event. The goal of Picturing Rising Tides is to generate visual and written accounts of high tide impacts and showcase the need to plan for an increasing frequency and extent of high tide flooding from sea-level rise and storms. Thank you to everyone who participated this year by submitting and voting for entries.  

Members of the public voted online for the most compelling submissions. CAW is excited to share that the following 10 photos received the most votes. With a generous donation from Live Free Print & Frame, these 10 photos will be printed and displayed at local events, libraries, and community centers throughout 2024. 3S Artspace in partnership with the Great Bay Stewards and the Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper will host the first display on Thursday, April 25 during a region-wide book reading and discussion of the Small Town, Big Oil 

Rainbow in a cloudy blue sky over several cottages that are surrounded by flood water.

Rainbow Over Flooded Waters” – Hampton, January 2024

Credit: Erica Nardone / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A man in a red sweatshirt is looking up at a white cottage elevated on wood pilings.

Plan B” – Hampton, February 2024

Credit: Elise Sullivan / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A lobster boat rests on its side up out of the water on a rocky shoreline.

The Power of Mother Nature – Rye, December 2023

Credit: Jennifer Dubois / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A woman stands in the middle of the residential street with a shovel moving salt marsh grass. At the end of the road there is some ponding of flood water.

“Shoveling Salt Hay, Not Snow” – Hampton, March 2024

Credit: Elise Sullivan / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A grey cloudy sky over a bright yellow building surrounded by a flooded parking lot with a big yellow painted arrow.

“Open for Business” – Seabrook, March 2024

Credit: Jennifer Dubois / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A police car with its lights on drives in front of a sea wall with foaming white waves crashing over the wall.

“Hampton Police on Patrol” – Hampton, January 2024

Credit: Erica Nardone / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A woman paddles in a red kayak on a foggy day.

“Swap Your Boots for Your Kayak” – Greenland, January 2024

Credit: Melissa Brogle / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A foggy day. A small brick building is surrounding by flood water. Its reflection and that of a nearby tree are visible in the water.

“Old Pump Station at Town Landing, Oyster River” – Durham, January 2024

Credit: Michael Drooker / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

A river over tops is banks and flows by an old mill building.

“Flooding at the End of the Lamprey River” – Newmarket, January 2024

Credit: Greg Bird / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

An adult and a child walk with rain jackets and boots on a flooded boardwalk, surrounded by trees and marsh grass.

“Watch Your Step” –  Greenland, January 2024

Credit: Melissa Brogle / 2024 Picturing Rising Tides

View all submissions through the online 2024 Picturing Rising Tides Photo Gallery. The gallery will remain open through the duration of the year.

For questions, please contact Lucy Perkins with the NHDES Coastal Program at lucy.l.perkins@des.nh.gov, or at (603) 559-9101.