by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Tucked between weathered fences and manicured lawns, Rhode Island’s public rights-of-way to the shoreline often go unnoticed. These paths, sometimes no wider than 10 feet, are often overlooked as private property. A walking tour of the Potowomut neighborhood, a...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 3, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Coastal geologist Janet Freedman talks about how high tides push seawater back up through the storm drain at the Oakland Beach seawall, flooding the parking lot. Wenley Ferguson is in the foreground in the Save The Bay t-shirt. Photo by Amanda Gilmore Warwick’s...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 5, 2024 | News, Students
Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellow finds short-term renters may be surprised by public access on waterfront property Escalating conflicts over shoreline access in Rhode Island prompted the General Assembly to pass legislation in 2023 clarifying the portion of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jul 26, 2024 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Shoreline access signs sometimes disappear or are damaged or obscured. The town of Bristol has solved this problem at a number of their rights-of-way (ROWs) by installing granite markers—monoliths that go several feet into the ground and are carved with the words...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 11, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News
In the pursuit of more inclusive shoreline access across the state, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RI CRMC) and partners Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are seeking feedback from the people...
