Press & News
ecoRI News — As Beach Days Come, So Does the Annual Ocean State Battle: Access and Parking
By Rob Smith — With summer approaching, the state’s activists are gearing up for battle over that most Rhode Island of issues: beach parking.
Projo — Shoreline access: A fishing story (Op Ed)
Op Ed by Jake Lunsford, of Warren, father to four aspiring anglers — I love fishing stories. I see them as allegories for hope. Casting your lot into the unknown, you hope the tide will take you to some future…
The Independent — Legislative action and a potential legal battle loom as RI debates changes to shoreline access law
By Bill Seymour — A new law proposed last week adopts this recommendation. It will first be considered by the House of Representatives and any approval moves it to the state senate and the governor for consideration.
Boston Globe — Property owners won’t take changes to R.I. shore lying down
By Brian Amaral — Shoreline access group is already planning its fight against upcoming legislative proposal
ecoRI News — Shoreline Access Study Commission Agrees on Public’s Right to Pass
By Rob Smith — Next step: Panel will send a final report to the General Assembly with its recommendations
Boston Globe — Would R.I. lose lawsuits if it expanded shore access? Probably not, an expert says.
By Brian Amaral — Rhode Island lawmakers could actually redefine the rights of the “shore” further landward than the law does now, said Michael C. Blumm, professor at the Lewis & Clark Law School
Projo — Waterfront Warwick neighborhoods are full of 'No Parking' signs. Many aren't legal.
By Antonia Noori Farzan —Try to get to the water in Warwick's desirable Potowomut neighborhood, and you'll quickly find that virtually every street is lined with "No Parking" signs. But on many of those streets, parking isn't actually banned by the city.
The Public’s Radio — In coastal South County, fire districts fight shoreline access instead of fires
By Alex Nunes — Rhode Island boasts of its nearly 400 miles of shoreline, yet the state’s eight public saltwater beaches border less than seven miles of that waterfront…
Newport Life — Rights-of-way offer easy coastline access
By Bob Curley — Often overlooked, rights-of-way offer easy access to Aquidneck’s captivating coastline…
SRI Newspapers — On public access and how to lose it
By Todd Corayer — Narragansett Bay is teeming with stripers. It’s easy to access them from beaches, breakwalls and kayaks, from river mouths to the upper Bay and the Taunton River…