by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 10, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News, ocean planning
The prospect of an offshore wind cable running from a wind farm in federal waters up the Sakonnet and connecting to the grid through the town of Portsmouth has raised community questions and concerns over the impacts from cable installation on fish and the surrounding...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 8, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News
The word ‘Narragansett’ permeates Rhode Island, naming its primary bay, a coastal town, and numerous roadways. Its meaning to the Narragansett Indian Tribe, however, invokes not only a place, but a relationship. ‘Narragansett’ roughly translates to “people of the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 31, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
NARRAGANSETT, R.I ––– Rhode Island Sea Grant has awarded approximately $65K to each of three research projects aimed at improving understanding and management of Rhode Island’s coastal and marine systems, and address diversity, equity, justice and inclusion issues. ...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 27, 2022 | Coastal Communities, News
Neighbors have rallied to help improve their Portsmouth community’s coastal resilience. Wooden stakes appeared in the grass along the side of the road in Common Fence Point in Portsmouth, and several neighbors wondered, “What’s going on?” The Common Fence Point...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 16, 2022 | Coastal Communities, Events, News
The Narragansett Town Council, in 2021, allowed parking at three CRMC shoreline rights-of-way in Point Judith, and established the Coastal Access Improvement Committee (CAIC) to study shoreline access issues and make recommendations to the council. In a public webinar...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 20, 2022 | Capstone, Coastal Communities, News, Students
By Todd McLeish Illustration by URI landscape architecture student Monica Rao of a proposed boardwalk at the Bucklin Point wastewater treatment facility in East Providence Rising sea levels and extreme storms due to climate change are predicted to flood coastal...
