Resources for Coastal Planners & Decision Makers

Sea Level Rise + Climate Viewers

 

Ecosystem Viewers

  • EEA BioMap Hub: Tool to guide strategic protection and stewardship of lands and waters that are most important for conserving biological diversity in Massachusetts.

 

Social and Environmental Justice

 

Policy

 
 

Water Quality + Restoration

 

Local and Regional Resources + Studies

  • Municipal Vulnerability Plans by Community: Link to all MVP plans in the Commonwealth.

  • Effects of a large-scale, natural sediment deposition event on plant cover in a Massachusetts salt marsh: Study in 2021 of natural event by Gregg Moore (UNH) and collaborators.

  • Traditional Uses of the Great Marsh: Report created in 2013 by a project eta of graduate students from the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Dept. at Tufts University.

  • Perennial Pepperweed Control Handbook: Developed by Mass Audubon, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, the Massachusetts Bays Estuary Program, and the Newburyport Gulf of Maine Institute team to share lessons learned for battling pepperweed, and/or other invasive species in the Great Marsh.

  • Danger in the Reeds Video: A 20-minute video produced by Richard Hydren that features a portion of each of the 11 complete segments about Phragmites australis - the invasive reed that is choking the native spartina grasses that make up the Great Marsh. The full segments are available at dangerinthereeds.com.

  • Voices of the Great Marsh Video: In March of 2001, the ETGM Committee in cooperation with organizations such as Mass Audubon and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as local citizens and students, produced a short videotape about the Great Marsh to capture, before it’s too late, the stories of the Great Marsh, its significance to our natural and cultural heritage, and the need for us to protect it for future generations.

  • Landowner Technical Assistance Program: A University of New Hampshire led program that provides consistent, technical assistance to interested coastal landowners to help understand potential coastal flood risks and restoration opportunities, clarify goals for managing their property, and identify conceptual options that may enhance the resilience of their properties, neighborhoods, and community’s natural resources.