by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 12, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News
Photo credit: Nora Lewis Courtesy of Marybeth Reilly-McGreen | URI Today Though just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, Rhode Island boasts 400 miles of shoreline. And graduate student Erica Meier knows most all of its 400-plus public access points. Meier spent the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 8, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News
The word ‘Narragansett’ permeates Rhode Island, naming its primary bay, a coastal town, and numerous roadways. Its meaning to the Narragansett Indian Tribe, however, invokes not only a place, but a relationship. ‘Narragansett’ roughly translates to “people of the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 13, 2022 | Events
Join us on Wednesday, September 21, at 5 p.m. for a free walking tour of a few of Westerly’s shoreline access sites. RI State Representative Terri Cortvriend, Casey Tremper of Clean Ocean Access, Leah Feldman of the Coastal Resources Management Council, and Janet...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 25, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
This granite marker denotes the public shoreline right-of-way at Gibson Street in Bristol. Rhode Island has over 200 rights-of-way to the shore, and 34 of them are in Bristol, ranging from narrow paths to spacious beaches. Under threatening skies, a small but...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 29, 2021 | News
by Amanda Valentine, Rhode Island Sea Grant Communications Intern Spaces along Rhode Island’s beautiful coastline are highly coveted. Determining just how to share these spaces can be a significant source of confusion and conflict. Rights-of-way (ROWs), defined by the...
