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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND

In The Spotlight

RI Shellfish Management Plan – 1st Input Session to create use maps, March 14th in Bristol
RI Shellfish Management Plan meeting on March 20th

Experimental Coastal Erosion Control

Deadline Order for Motions to Intervene regarding Deepwater Wind Block Island permit application (PDF)
Ocean SAMP Update 1/17/13
Extension of comment period for the Block Island Wind Farm (PDF)
Deepwater Wind Block Island permit application notice to construct and maintain the Block Island Wind Farm (PDF)
Deep Water Wind Block Island wind turbine project application

2012 report on Public Rights-of-Way to the Tidal Areas of the State

RI Oceans Leader to Join Sen. Whitehouse for State of the Union Address

CRMC a leader in planning for, addressing sea level rise and climate change concerns in RI

CRMC extends deadline for emergency permitting
CRMC not requiring a permit for DEM-exempted OWTS repairs
DEM offers guidance for repair of damaged septic systems due to hurricane Sandy
New FEMA flood insurance information and rebuilding after a flood factsheet

Listen to CRMC coastal geologist Janet Freedman talk to RIPR about a post-Sandy Rhode Island, erosion, and the future of our beaches

RI Shellfish Management Plan to launch January 7 At URI

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) seeking public comment on proposed lease sale for offshore waters

Fugate chosen as state lead for National Ocean Policy’s Regional Planning Council

Losing Ground: Coastal Erosion in Rhode Island – Did you know that 50 percent of Rhode Island's shoreline sediments are susceptible to erosion? Or that with the increasing rainfall that comes with climate change, Block Island's bluffs will face more rapid erosion? This presentation by Janet Freedman, coastal geologist with the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, describes some of the erosion threats Rhode Island's coastal areas are facing, as well as efforts the state is undertaking to help municipalities and property owners address these problems. View presentation (pdf). For more on climate change impacts to Rhode Island, see Climate Change and Rhode Island's Coasts (PDF).

The CRMC seeks proposals for the Rhode Island Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund 2012-2013

Attorney General Kilmartin Files Lawsuit to Enforce Public’s Right to Use Misquamicut Beach

BOEM to host RI, MA public meetings on offshore wind development process
• Update on the Ocean SAMP

New report confirms accelerated SLR rates on the Atlantic coast 3-4 times higher than global average

Climate change impacting Rhode Island coasts, new document says

CRMC report on the Matunuck Erosion issue

Roger Williams University Law Review – Rhode Island’s Ocean Special Area Management Plan: Leading the Way for the Nation (by Grover Fugate, CRMC Executive Director) (PDF)

Presentations

Go here to view Presentations on program issues and concerns, including information from Coastal Education Series presentations given during Board meetings that the public is encouraged to attend.

Currently Proposed Policies/Regulations

Header photo above provided by the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.