The mechanism used to pick up the rockweed impacts its viability. Tidal flow restoration. Salt marsh protection. That's what we see at the coast. Unfortunately in New Hampshire, we have strips of t-shirt shops and very tired beaches.
Maine seems to have been more successful with land use controls.
There are 100,000 people on the New Hampshire beaches on a summer day. Governor King stated last November when he was re-elected that he would focus on four things. One is the way we're using our land. Maine is focusing on land use patterns, changing to address sprawl, and providing funds and technical assistance to towns for land use planning. The state is considering its investments to be sure it is not investing in sprawl.