NOTICE: The Ecosystem Investigation Network is currently being updated to improve our ability to serve you and collect important data throughout the Gulf of Maine Region. As such, communities who have joined this project in 2023/24 will not see their town name or coastal flood monitoring sites on the drop-down menu. Please select “NO, I was somewhere else” in the City dropdown and you’ll be able to manually enter the name of your site. Thank you!
With thousands of miles of tidal coastline, and the threat of storm surge and sea level rise, it’s important for coastal communities to understand how weather and sea level contribute to coastal flooding, erosion, and damage to their shores and coastal infrastructure. Help your community gather important flood impact data and inform resilience decisions.
- Read through the prep & collect tab to familiarize yourself with the data collection protocol.
- Head to a coastal flood monitoring site (or anywhere along the coast) with a camera/smart phone and a friend – safety first!
- Take photos of the high water (or evidence of high water) that you’re observing and make note of the weather and broader flood impacts.
- Click on the Contribute tab to document your observations and upload your photos.
This data will be used to support coastal resilience, for example, town planners use data to identify and prioritize possible climate actions and the National Weather Service to send out flood alerts.
Additional Project Resources
- Want to get youth involved? Check out our Sea Level Rise classroom curriculum which includes lessons for getting students involved in contributing coastal flood observations.
- Want to get your community engaged? Check out our community engagement package which includes communications tools, instructions for hosting coastal meet-ups, brochures, and more!
