Lead Organization(s): Trustees of the Reservation
About the Project
Watersheds: Merrimack, Parker, Ipswich, Essex, North Coastal
Municipalities: Salisbury, Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, Essex, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott
The Trustees has published the first of four annual “State of the Coast” reports, examining the coastal resources, challenges, and adaptation methods for communities up and down the Massachusetts coast. In developing these reports, The Trustees is working with coastal managers, scientists, journalists, and designers to examine real stories and raw numbers, and produce a compelling, unique look at the health of the Commonwealth’s coastal regions.
Carole McCauley, Engagement Manager for The Trustees, presented on the project at the PIE-Rivers 2020 Annual Meeting. The meeting was attended by more than 50 municipal leaders, residents, and nonprofit representatives from across the North Shore.
The inaugural issue examines 13 coastal communities on the North Shore— Salisbury, Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, Essex, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott—and includes never-before-seen, newly updated flood and shoreline inundation modeling from WHG’s Coastal Flood Risk Model. Town profiles, feature articles, maps, and graphics are incorporated throughout to tell the story of the North Shore coast.