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Law Clinic Engages Students in Block Island Coastal Resilience

Law Clinic Engages Students in Block Island Coastal Resilience

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...
Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Abbey Greene part of Award-Winning Offshore Wind Energy Outreach Team

Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Abbey Greene part of Award-Winning Offshore Wind Energy Outreach Team

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...
Sea Grant’s assistance in Naval Station Newport resilience project featured in Oceanography journal

Sea Grant’s assistance in Naval Station Newport resilience project featured in Oceanography journal

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...
Offshore Wind Developers Set Up Compensation Funds to Offset Harms to Fishers, Coastal Communities

Offshore Wind Developers Set Up Compensation Funds to Offset Harms to Fishers, Coastal Communities

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...
Understanding Rhode Island’s New Shoreline Access Law

Understanding Rhode Island’s New Shoreline Access Law

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...
Take the RI Shoreline Access Survey

Take the RI Shoreline Access Survey

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 11, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News

In the pursuit of more inclusive shoreline access across the state, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RI CRMC) and partners Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are seeking feedback from the people...
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