Climate Change: Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE)

The RAINE database now includes information about 170 New England communities, including 25 new communities.
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Flood Damage Leads to Property Buyouts, Floodplain Restoration and a New Park Northfield, VT
Spotlight: From Property Buyouts to a Local Park - A Work in Progress, Northfield, VT (PDF) (1 pg, 441 K, About PDF)
Tribe Works with Federal Agencies to Adapt to Rising Seas at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pleasant Point, ME
Spotlight: Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, ME (PDF) (1 pg, 525 K, About PDF)
State-Wide Municipal Engagement with Coastal Communities Encourages Adaptation with Data, Tools, and Resources, State of Maine
Spotlight: Coastal Hazard Resiliency Tools Project (CHRT), ME (PDF) (1 pg, 373 K, About PDF)

Learn how New England communities prepare for climate change through resilienceResilienceThe ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. and adaptationAdaptationTaking actions to avoid, benefit from, or deal with current and future climate change. Adaptation can take place in advance (by planning before an impact occurs) or in response to changes that are already occurring.

Climate Change: Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE)

The Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) database is a collection of vulnerability, resilience and adaptation reports, plans and webpages at the state, regional and community level.

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