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Coastal Floodplain Resilience

MassDEP was awarded an EPA WPDG grant in 2021 and has produced outreach materials focused on reaching a wide public audience to enable better public understanding of the purpose and goals of protecting Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage (LSCSF), also known as the coastal floodplain. These products are now available to the public for education and outreach.

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StoryMap

GIS/ESRI StoryMap showcasing Massachusetts coastal floodplain locations in developed, semi-developed, and undeveloped areas.

This StoryMap is also available in EEA's ArcGIS Gallery.

Video

This 8-minute video on the coastal floodplain includes interviews of residents in the coastal floodplains and shows their history and connection to the coastal floodplains and why they value protecting.

This video is also available on MassDEP's YouTube Channel.

Poster

Available in low resolution for sharing or high resolution for printing. Please contact dep.wetlands@mass.gov to receive the high resolution file.

Shores of Change Poster

Shores of Change Poster (low resolution)

Brochures

Brochures designed for a wide-reaching audience that describe coastal floodplain functions and how they support storm damage prevention, flood control and the state’s climate resiliency effort. These brochures are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.

  • Our Vital Coastal Floodplains brochure explains what is a coastal floodplain, why it is important and how to tell if someone if within coastal floodplain.
  • Coastal Floodplains Under Pressure brochure explains how coastal floodplains are impacted and how to protect them.  

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