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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 13, 2024 | Marine Law, News, Uncategorized
Commercial Users’ Access to Rhode Island Marinas: A Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program Research Summary The competition for marina slips has become challenging in Rhode Island, in part due to the surge in recreational boating during the Covid-19 pandemic. A...
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...
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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 3, 2022 | Marine Law, News, Students
Coastal resilience overlays may be a useful tool in helping communities become more resilient. Rising sea levels and extreme storms due to climate change are predicted to flood coastal communities and businesses, and cut off vital emergency access in the coming...
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...
