Press & News
Projo — Does RI's shoreline access law conflict with protected areas for shorebirds? What one case shows.
By Antonia Noori Farzan — A retired South Kingstown attorney accused of trespassing in a closed shorebird area on Moonstone Beach can't be found guilty because the mean high water line boundary wasn't clearly marked, according to a ruling from U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond.
WRPI — Narragansett beachfront homeowners battle erosion after winter storm surge
By Elizabeth Turley, Erica Ricci — Narragansett is home to several of Rhode Island’s most picturesque beaches, but residents say a series of winter storms left their coastal homes severely damaged.
ecoRI News — Work Planned to Make Popular Quonochontaug Pond and Breachway More Climate Resilient
By Cynthia Drummond — A recent assessment of the breachway that connects Quonochontaug Pond to Block Island Sound found the channel, stabilized with rock jetties, and the salt pond are in relatively good shape but are showing signs of deterioration.