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Bristol Quahogger Keeps an Eye on the Rising Tide

Bristol Quahogger Keeps an Eye on the Rising Tide

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 6, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News

Tony Murgo, also a Bristol town planning board member, uses MyCoast to track flooding   Right after a storm in December 2023, Tony Murgo, a lifetime Bristol resident, caught sight of something new. “The creek was so full, I really couldn’t believe it what I was...
Reframing Multi-Use Marine Spaces for Small Coastal Operators

Reframing Multi-Use Marine Spaces for Small Coastal Operators

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 4, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Coastal State, Coastal State, News, Research

As Rhode Island navigates the future of its marine industries, new research sheds light on the opportunities and challenges of multi-use marine in environments for an often overlooked demographic–small coastal business owners. Dr. David Bidwell and Dr. Tiffany Smythe...
Decades of Rhode Island Coastal Research Now Online

Decades of Rhode Island Coastal Research Now Online

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, Research

Datasets from nearly four decades of research on Rhode Island’s marine and estuarine ecosystems from the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Mapping and Paleomagnetics Laboratory (CMPL) are now available through a new website to support ongoing research and...
Charlestown Breachway October 2024 Repairs Are Just the Beginning—Hopefully

Charlestown Breachway October 2024 Repairs Are Just the Beginning—Hopefully

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 1, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News

Speakers describe long-term plans for fixing breachway and replanting dunes at public event October 30 A breachway of some kind connecting Ninigret Pond in Charlestown with the Atlantic Ocean has been in place since the mid-19th century. From the beginning, the...
Community Engagement & Communications Fellowship 2025

Community Engagement & Communications Fellowship 2025

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 9, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, Students

Rhode Island Sea Grant (RISG) is thrilled to announce the availability of three graduate fellowship positions as part of our 2025 Community Engagement and Communications Fellowship Program. This initiative aims to support and train the next generation of coastal...
Bringing Back the Charlestown Breachway

Bringing Back the Charlestown Breachway

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...
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