A sea change on managed retreat? – CommonWealth Journal
![Plum Island, Merrimack River entrance, 40 minutes after high tide, January 23, 2023 (courtesy of Massachusetts the Office of Coastal Management via mycoast.org/ma).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/02d4c901c974af81a54f18d851a08969925ea6e3-798x599.webp)
As waters rise, coastal residents are increasingly facing a difficult choice: try to relocate in a difficult housing market and take losses on their homes, or get comfortable with a future where there may be multiple feet of water in their living rooms…