Rhode Island Sea Grant to send Coastal Management Fellow to the U.S. Virgin Islands

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 4, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News, Students

Patricia Valentín Lloréns, a Marine Affairs graduate from the University of Rhode Island, will inventory natural and cultural resources for the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources as a NOAA Coastal Management Fellow. NARRAGANSETT, R.I.– University of...

RI Sea Grant sends four grads to D.C. for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 20, 2023 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Students

Recent grad students will work for a year on ocean and coastal policy in Congress and the Executive branch Four graduate students representing the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University were recently awarded John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships...

Mapping RI’s Shoreline Access

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 12, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News

Photo credit: Nora Lewis Courtesy of  Marybeth Reilly-McGreen | URI Today Though just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, Rhode Island boasts 400 miles of shoreline. And graduate student Erica Meier knows most all of its 400-plus public access points. Meier spent the...

Making Connections: Community Questions About Offshore Wind Cables

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...

People of the Small Point | Fighting for Coastal Access for All People

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...

RISG Awards $195K Toward Equitable Coastal Access and Diversifying Aquaculture

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. ...