by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 27, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News
The October 2021 nor’easter has brought flooding and other damages to coastal areas around Rhode Island, and MyCoast RI is seeking your photos. Download the app and share your snaps of impacts to shorelines anywhere in the state. Coastal managers and municipal...
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 | Dec 30, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
Dam Liability New Climate Issue in Rhode Island There are dozens of dams throughout Rhode Island that are considered unsafe, with one expert telling the Providence Journal, “we are literally one storm away from loss of life.” Of the 668 dams in the state—many more...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 9, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
Coastal communities in the Ocean State will be faced with difficult choices in the not-so-distant future as the encroachment of the sea and more powerful storms increase flooding in low-lying areas. One of those difficult choices is deciding what to do with vulnerable...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 9, 2016 | Coastal Communities, News
Army Corps proposal to elevate homes and sea level rise projection maps presented at Beach SAMP meeting. Matunuck’s shoreline has moved a lot further landward than was 80 years ago, and it will continue to move further landward — and more rapidly — in the...
