by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 3, 2020 | News
Congratulations to Teresa Crean, who received the Northeast Sea Grant Outstanding Individual Outreach Achievement Award for helping develop Rhode Island’s Shoreline Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP), which assists coastal communities in adapting to a rapidly...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Gone are the days when coastal infrastructure could be built for a slowly changing environment. By Alex Kuffner | Courtesy of The Providence Journal WARWICK — Tucked in amongst the grass and shrubs along the shoreline just a short walk from Oakland Beach is a patch of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2017 | Coastal Communities, News, Research, Uncategorized
Beach replenishment discussion kicks off Coastal State Series Wind and waves crashing on a beach gradually move the shoreline back. At Napatree Point in Westerly, where this is allowed to happen naturally, as there are no structures to contend with, the entire...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 27, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
As we approach hurricane season, which begins June 1, Rhode Island Sea Grant, in partnership with the Coastal Resources Center, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), and Save the Bay, will host training for community volunteers interested in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 27, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
URI junior landscape architecture students were recently turned loose on Oakland Beach, Warwick—once devastated by the hurricanes of ’38 and ’54—to come up with “green” designs to help the area increase its resilience to storms and erosion. It was the significant...
