Jan 01, 2013

Legal Study Supports Adoption of New Floodplain Maps by NH Coastal Communities

A new report by faculty and students at the Vermont Law School in collaboration with UNH faculty and staff indicates that towns in the Lamprey River watershed can legally use recently updated 100-year floodplain maps to make land-use decisions.The maps, created by a UNH-led team of researchers and funded by the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (... Read more

Posted in: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2013, Assessing Flood Risk in the Lamprey River Watershed, CICEET, UNH Cooperative Extension