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Save the Date October 19-20, 2007 Creating Vibrant Waterfronts in Rhode Island 6th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium This two-day symposium will explore how coastal communities are using the latest environmental, economic, and social science and tools to achieve vibrant waterfronts. University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Narragansett, RI More information seagrant.gso.uri.edu/research/ baird_symposium/index.html

Aquidneck Island Outdoors: Join us in creating a map of outdoor recreation and coastal public access sites on Aquidneck Island!

Enjoying Third Beach. Photo by Heather Rhodes.

Rhode Island Sea Grant/URI Coastal Resources Center, the Aquidneck Land Trust, and the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission are developing a map of outdoor recreational areas and public access throughout Aquidneck Island. This color map, illustrated with photos and complete with descriptions, will be available to residents and visitors in 2008. We would like your input: What locations should be included in the map? Let us know your favorite places, and if you like, what makes them special. We would also like any photos you have of those places, which we may include in the map or on the accompanying web site.

For more information or to send us your ideas, please contact: Monica Allard Cox, Rhode Island Sea Grant Communications, URI Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882. Tel: (401) 874-6937. Fax: (401) 874-6817. E-mail: allard@gso.uri.edu.

The Aquidneck Island Outdoors recreational map is part of the Aquidneck Island Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), a new effort to improve management of the island's coastal areas. The SAMP is a public process that addresses coastal access, development, and economic issues, among other topics. For more information about the SAMP, contact Jennifer McCann at mccann@crc.uri.edu or visit http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/ccd/aisamp.