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...
Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to have an operational offshore wind farm in 2016 after an extensive planning process that identified an optimal location and addressed environmental, technical, and logistical concerns and user conflicts. Today,...
Webinar features speakers from East Greenwich, North Kingstown, and the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association Join the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant for the third in a series of free webinars this summer on...
By Cynthia Drummond | Courtesy of ecoRI Rhode Island has hundreds of public shoreline access points, but for many people getting to them is a challenge. “Shoreline Access for All: Environmental Justice along the Coast,” a June 30 webinar, the second in a series...
Plastic has infiltrated the Earth’s environment. From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, the ubiquitous material has been found in the air, the water, and even in the ice as researchers found disturbing amounts of plastic in Arctic sea ice cores last yeear....
October is National Seafood Month – a distinction proclaimed by Congress over 30 years century ago to recognize one of our nation’s oldest industries. Government figures show that nationwide, the seafood industry supports 1.2 million jobs contributes $61 billion...