Resources
Explore a range of content about environmental, climate, and sustainable development issues to better understand the impact of development on the H.R.A. land
Key Resources
4/17/2025
A presentation on what functions these natural resources provide and shoreline change with Christian Krahforst, Director of Climate Adaptation, and Dr. Sarah Das, Scientist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Hull or high water: When climate change hits home Town residents know flooding is a problem, but no one wants to leave
10/28/25
SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
The Boston Globe Climate Team presented a series of stories on climate change. They focused on four communities, including Hull, to better understand the challenges, real-life situations, and decision-making faced by homeowners along our coastline.
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE BOSTON GLOBE REQUIRED
3/20/25
Presented by Brian Defelice, Director, Hull Public Library; Rob Gilman, Precision Weather Forecasting Inc., and S.O.S. Hull
Discussion about what makes the Nantasket peninsula weather unique.
View the presentation slides here
Our Changing Climate, Protecting Open Land, Benefits to Communities
Explore how climate change is reshaping ecosystems, weather patterns, and our way of life, with a focus on adaptation and resilience strategies.
Learn about the importance of preserving natural landscapes for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and outdoor recreation, while preventing urban sprawl.
Discover how safeguarding natural spaces fosters healthier, more connected communities, enhancing well-being, economic vitality, and climate resilience.
Thursday 2/12 at 8 pm ET -Virtual Session
In this Land Ethic Live! conversation, Carolyn Finney invites us to reconsider conservation at a pivotal moment—asking not only how we protect land, but who conservation has been for, and who it must become for in the future.
The report highlights the challenges of finding affordable housing in Boston.
Covering adaptation and resilience investments across 12 countries, the study finds that every $1 invested in adaptation can yield over $10.50 in benefits.
May 29, 2025
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), May 15, 2025
Town of Hull Department of Climate Adaptation and Conservation, 2025
The New York Times, May 8, 2025
WBUR, January 23, 2025
Hull Times, August 1, 2024
Scientists identify new Antarctic ice sheet ‘tipping point,’ warning future sea level rise may be underestimated
CNN, June 25, 2024
The Earth Observatory, January 2024
Trust for Public Land, January 16, 2024
The University of Chicago, English Language Institute, November 1, 2023
Ellen Douglas, School for the Environment, UMass Boston; Paul Kirshen, School for the Environment, UMass Boston, 2023
Town of Hull Department of Climate Adaptation and Conservation, 2022
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, March 30, 2022
Massachusetts Audobon, 2020 Report
City of Burlington, Vermont, October 30, 2000
Chester County Planning Commission, Chester County Economic Development Council, Chester County Association of Township Officials, and land conservancies active in the county, August 2019
Woods Hole Group, July 15, 2019
Brookings, September 14, 2016
The Third Spaces Lab was created to explore how City government can increase the vitality of Boston’s third spaces, but without a heavy-handed top-down approach.
Glossary of Terms
Land use planning
Planning related to the relationship between people and the land – how the physical world is adapted, modified, or put to use for human purposes. This includes even the “non-use” of lands reserved as wilderness or protected from human impacts.
H.R.A. Presentation and Meetings
2025
A presentation from Hull Artists, information from the Rogers family of Cohasset about their proposal, a presentation from Wildlands Trust, and reorganization of the H.R.A. board.
Hull Artists - begins at 8:23
Rogers Family - begins at 46:25 with further discussion at 01:58:00
Wildlands Trust - begins at 01:27:15
H.R.A. Board Reorganization - begins at 2:43:40
Proposed vision for moving forward on HRA land by Dan Kernan, H.R.A. board vice chair.
Begins at 01:20
A Cohasset family's proposal for a child wellness center, in memory of their son, to be located on the central parcels of HRA land (parcels 2 and 3 in the post-two-way road plan map).
Begins at 0:29
For the complete archive, visit Hull TV.