This map is intended to provide all sorts of information about the beaches in the Seacoast (focused on NH, but can add info for ME and MA as well).  

• Users can report information via email (gss896lisa@gmail.com), twitter (#SeacoastHealthyBeaches, #SeacoastBeaches, #SCBeachReport), or the link online.  Send photos or videos along with your report!
  

• You can turn on the EPA data layers for each state (one at a time), displaying the locations of the beaches that EPA monitors.
• You can also turn on EPA data layers showing the locations of facilities that have permits to discharge into surface waters (NPDES permits).  This could show the potential sources of contamination in a pollution event. 

• Stay up to date with the news feeds from the EPA, NH and ME Sea Grant, and the NH Department of Environmental Services.
  

Hopefully this map will be useful in monitoring beach health over time and make management easier!  This site can serve as a hub for all of these types of information pertaining to the area's beaches.  Providing a common place to post data about beach health, wildlife, and access issues could be useful for those agencies involved in monitoring and management (NH DES, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US EPA).  Collecting information about local beach cleanups, volunteer opportunities, research projects, and events could be useful for the interested public to find the information they need to get and stay involved.

Useful Links:

Blue Ocean Society - Information on local beach cleanup events and whale monitoring programs; Follow them on Twitter @BlueOceanSoc

Marine Debris to Energy - Beach Cleanup info and data

Natural Resources Defense Council - Information on beach quality monitoring; Follow them on Twitter @NRDC

NH Department of Environmental Services - Beach Inspection Program - Information on the beach advisory/closure status for beaches in NH; Follow them on Twitter @NHDES_Beaches

NH SeaGrant - Information on local research and events; Follow them on Twitter @NHSeaGrant

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership - Information on local monitoring efforts and relevant events; Follow them on Twitter @PREPCommunity

Icon for pollution layer: Drop by Haik Dettmann from The Noun Project

Map created by Lisa Graichen, student at the University of New Hampshire