Press & News
The Ocean Race — The Ocean Race Summit Newport urges recognition of the inherent rights of the ocean
The Ocean Race Press — The event held during the stopover of the round-the-world sailing race gathered together over 150 government, civil society and private sector representatives
The Public’s Radio — At public hearing, speakers say Rhode Island has a ways to go on shoreline access
By Alex Nunes — The summer season may be months behind us, but advocates for beach access aren’t letting up on their calls for lawmakers to do more to strengthen and protect shoreline rights. They made their case again Thursday night at a special public hearing in Richmond.
The Boston Globe — ‘We will get access’: Study commission hears from R.I.’ers on shoreline rights
By Brian Amaral — Panel aims to make recommendations about access early next year
ecoRI News — No Trespassing: Coastal Land Taken from Indigenous People Walled Off with Signs, Fences and Chains
By Frank Carini — These testaments to historic theft — not by the current owners but by centuries of violence against this land’s Indigenous people — don’t escape the notice of Narragansett Indian Tribe members…