Adopt a Beach!

Adopt-a-Beach application | Adopt-a-Beach handbook

Pollution is one of the biggest threats to our oceans. Every year, many whales and other marine life are entangled in lost fishing gear. Removing debris from local beaches can reduce the hazard of debris to marine life. 

You can make a difference by adopting a local beach! 

Beaches Currently Available for Adoption:  

• Section of Hampton Beach-Hampton, NH (Northernmost 1/3 mile)

• Sections of Seabrook Beach-Seabrook, NH (1/3 mile sections from harbor jetty south)

• Seabrook Inner Harbor

• Hilton Park, Dover Point - adoption pending

• Adams Point, Durham

• Beane Farm, Greenland

• Great Bay Farms, Greenland - adoption pending

• Goat Island, Piscataqua River

• New Castle Common Beach

We extend our appreciation to the NH Coastal Program, which supports our cleanup efforts.

ADOPTED - THANK YOU!

• Cable Beach, Rye, NH - NEMO Equipment

• Fort Stark in New Castle, NH - Karyn Warren

• Long Sands Beach in York, ME - the Hayford Family

• Plaice Cove Beach in Hampton, NH  Timberland Company

• Sections of Hampton Beach: Hampton Historical Society; Community Connectors from Lowell, MA; New Outlook Teen Center; the Winnacunnet High School JROTC and Linda Clark & Caitlan Whitestone.

• Foss Beach in Rye, NH: South section adopted by students from Portsmouth High School Environmental Club (Kathleen Metterville's class). North Section adopted by Jacquie DeFreze's class from Rye Junior High.

• Wallis Sands Beach in Rye, NH: by Club Finz of Southern ME and Seacoast NH

• Great Island Common Beach in New Castle, NH: Jens & Samantha Harrington.

• Sawyer's Beach in Rye, NH: by the Rye Girl Scouts

• Flounder Cove in Hampton, NH: by the Greenlands Association

• Bass Beach in North Hampton, NH: by Robyn Sealock and friends

• Seabrook Beach - adopted by Seacoast Youth Leadership Project, Seabrook, Kathleen Thompson and Crotched Mountain Residential Services, Greenfield, NH.

• South Mill Pond in Portsmouth, by LifeShare, Inc.

• North Beach in Hampton, southern section by Trinity Church youth group & northern section by Surfrider Foundation, NH Chapter.

If I adopt a beach, what do I have to do?  

• Determine who will be your group leader.

• Gather your group and clean the beach once per month, OR work with us to find a group to alternate with (e.g. cleaning every other month, just in summer or winter...)

• While you're at the beach, fill out data cards (provided) according to the trash you collect

• Bring the trash to a local dumpster or dump

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