by Isabella Carmichael | Jul 7, 2026 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Students
As erosion gradually moves Rhode Island’s shoreline inland, the debate over who can, and cannot, hold back the sea is becoming increasingly important. Seawalls and other hardened shoreline structures may protect private property from erosion, but studies suggest...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 10, 2026 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
A new CoastSnap station at Crescent Beach is giving Block Island residents and visitors the opportunity to help document shoreline change while contributing to ongoing coastal research. Installed last week by Rhode Island Sea Grant-supported researchers in partnership...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 8, 2026 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Sustainable Seafood
A report from the Marine Affairs Institute at Roger Williams University School of Law and the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program examines how Maine balances state and local authority in managing shellfish resources and aquaculture activities along its coast....
by Monica Allard | Jun 6, 2026 | Coastal Communities, News
What happens when you remove dams that have impounded a river for 140 years? Water quality improves, as expected, but some surprises are still being revealed two years later at the Kickemuit River in Warren. “It wasn’t unheard of to see the large algal blooms in...
by Monica Allard | May 11, 2026 | Capstone, Coastal Communities, News, Students
You could drive by the Middletown side of Newport’s Easton’s Pond without really noticing it’s there on the side of this busy roadway. If you stop to look, however—as senior University of Rhode Island Landscape Architecture students did this past semester—you may see...
by Monica Allard | May 2, 2026 | Coastal Communities, News
Position will support resilience portfolio and more Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Extension program is seeking an Extension Specialist (Marine Research Associate III) who will focus on RISG’s coastal resilience portfolio while also supporting the...
