We want to thank our partners and all of the community members who joined the Coastweeks East Beach Walking Tour, discussing lateral access issues to the shoreline. “The seaweed line plus the 10 feet gives the public more access than they have had [if not for the...
In the pursuit of more inclusive shoreline access across the state, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RI CRMC) and partners Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are seeking feedback from the people...
Patricia Valentín Lloréns, a Marine Affairs graduate from the University of Rhode Island, will inventory natural and cultural resources for the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources as a NOAA Coastal Management Fellow. NARRAGANSETT, R.I.– University of...
Recent grad students will work for a year on ocean and coastal policy in Congress and the Executive branch Four graduate students representing the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University were recently awarded John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships...
Photo credit: Nora Lewis Courtesy of Marybeth Reilly-McGreen | URI Today Though just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, Rhode Island boasts 400 miles of shoreline. And graduate student Erica Meier knows most all of its 400-plus public access points. Meier spent the...
The prospect of an offshore wind cable running from a wind farm in federal waters up the Sakonnet and connecting to the grid through the town of Portsmouth has raised community questions and concerns over the impacts from cable installation on fish and the surrounding...