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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 12, 2022 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
By Erica Meier Availability of parking near public rights-of-way to the shoreline is key to allowing meaningful access, but it’s also a source of conflict between coastal community residents and non-residents. Each municipality in Rhode Island handles parking...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 20, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News
November is Native Heritage Month, celebrating and honoring the rich histories and traditions of Indigenous peoples. Rhode Island’s coastal and marine areas are a part of the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett, Nipmuc, Wampanoag, and Niantic...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News
By Meredith HaasContributions by Allie Shinskey Retreat. Accommodate. Protect. Attack. These are common phrases used for adaptation and mitigation efforts in the “war on climate change.” But does this militaristic approach result in more conflict that hinders real...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 1, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News
Three marinas – Watch Hill Boat Yard, Newport Yacht Club, and SafeHarbor Wickford Cove – were recently certified as Clean Marinas under Rhode Island’s Clean Marina Program, adopted by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) in 2007. This effort...
