by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 21, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News
In southern Rhode Island, a critical piece of coastal infrastructure is in trouble. The Charlestown Breachway is a rock jetty lining the channel connecting Ninigret Pond to Block Island Sound. Conceived of more than a century ago, and completed in 1952, the breachway...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 6, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Students
The Block Island Ferry terminal is vulnerable to threats from climate change, such as increased storms and rising sea levels. On a sunny Tuesday morning in late June, students from the Roger Williams University School of Law Marine Affairs Institute’s Coastal...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 21, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, ocean planning
Offshore wind energy is developing rapidly in the Northeast, and the Northeast Sea Grant programs have worked together to respond to public, private sector, and community needs and concerns as the region prepares for the implementation of hundreds of offshore wind...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 15, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News
Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA) is an important part of the Aquidneck Island community, but the three host municipalities had separate plans for municipal resilience and for emergencies such as hurricane evacuations, and NAVSTA did not have a resilience plan of its...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 1, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Uncategorized
Recent legal research examines the various compensation programs offered by offshore wind developers to communities in southern New England. As offshore wind farms are developed along the East Coast and even more are proposed, communities may want to understand the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 25, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized
We want to thank our partners and all of the community members who joined the Coastweeks East Beach Walking Tour to discuss 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...
