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Update on the Charlestown Breachway Restoration Project – May 20, 2025

Update on the Charlestown Breachway Restoration Project – May 20, 2025

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 4, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News

In late 2023 and early 2024, a series of storms caused severe erosion, reducing the elevation of the Charlestown Breachway. As a result, water flowed freely over the west wall and into Ninigret Pond, bringing the sand with it. The beach on the west side of the...
Resilient Ports: Climate Research Project Offers Tools for Flood Resilience in RI, Maine

Resilient Ports: Climate Research Project Offers Tools for Flood Resilience in RI, Maine

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 29, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Research

Floods and storms are threats to all coastal communities, and port communities are even more vulnerable. The materials ports house can be particularly hazardous if damaged or disbursed by hurricanes and storm surge.  That’s one of the reasons the Community-Driven...
Tailoring Shoreline Access: Legal Tools for a Coast in Motion

Tailoring Shoreline Access: Legal Tools for a Coast in Motion

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 27, 2025 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News

As sea levels rise and coastal erosion accelerates, Rhode Island’s shorelines are literally on the move. The high tide line—the traditional marker of public coastal access—is shifting inland in many places. This movement raises new questions about where the public can...
Managing “Managed Retreat”

Managing “Managed Retreat”

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 12, 2025 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News

Workshop offers municipal leaders and others better practices for moving community members to safer ground The repeat flooding of her house in East Providence near the Runnins River became too much for Kathy Ribeiro to manage. She, along with 17 neighbors, accepted a...
URI Landscape Architecture Students to Design Solutions to Protect Jamestown Beach, Access Road from Sea Level Rise

URI Landscape Architecture Students to Design Solutions to Protect Jamestown Beach, Access Road from Sea Level Rise

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Students, Uncategorized

Students in LAR445, the senior capstone, visit Mackerel Cove to get the lay of the land   In July and August, Mackerel Cove beach would be packed with sunbathers, families seeking tranquil waters for their kids to safely swim in, and day campers from a nearby...
MyCoast RI Volunteers Double Efforts to Capture Flooding

MyCoast RI Volunteers Double Efforts to Capture Flooding

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 2, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized

Program Adds Riverine Flooding to Data Collected, Partners with Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, RIDOT The year 2024 saw significant growth for the MyCoast RI program. MyCoast RI volunteers submitted more than 600 photos of king tides throughout coastal Rhode...
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