Visual Summary of Adaptation Practices
Now Available: Catalog of Adaptation Techniques for Waterfront Business and Property Owners A visual overview of practical steps property owners can take to protect their investments from flooding,...
View ArticleAdaptation Information: Guidance for Municipalities Powerpoint
Resilient Communities: Natural Hazards & Climate Change Adaptation Powerpoint Outlines Helpful Guidance for Municipalities Undertaking Adaptation Information on new guidance that Rhode Island...
View ArticleAdaptation Report Online: Newport Resilience Assessment Tour (NRAT)
Newport Resilience Assessment Tour (NRAT) A new report summarizes the NRAT, a climate change adaptation effort concerning the Newport (RI) waterfront, that provided several participating businesses...
View ArticleReport on Adapting Waterfront Business to Climate Change
The summary report from the Staying Afloat: Adapting Waterfront Businesses to Rising Seas and Extreme Storms /The 2014 Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium” is now available. This forum brought...
View ArticleMunicipal Work Sessions on Adaptation Planning
The Beach SAMP team has held multiple municipal work sessions in collaboration with other state agency partners to discuss adaptation planning at the local level. The purpose of these meetings was to...
View ArticleBeach SAMP “Road Show” Offers Adaptation Tools for Coastal Communities
Southern Rhode Island coastal communities – Block Island, Narragansett, Charlestown, Westerly, North Kingstown, and South Kingstown – are benefiting from a “road show” of tailored technical assistance...
View ArticleCRMC developing storm damage predicting tool
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Council (CRMC), along with the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center (CRC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant, are working to develop a risk index tool that...
View ArticleStudent plan envisions “green area” at Oakland Beach seawall area
See how URI students are helping test how green infrastructure can counteract flood and erosion damage. To read the article click here.
View ArticleBeach SAMP~ Year in Review ~2015
Collaboration Fills SAMP Toolbox in 2015 In 2015, significant strides took place to “fill” the State’s Rhode Island Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) “toolbox” with policy...
View ArticleBeach SAMP Stakeholder Meeting—Thursday October 12, 2017
PLEASE JOIN US: RI CRMC Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) Stakeholder Meeting DATE: Thursday, October 12, 2017 TIME: 6-8 pm LOCATION: URI Narragansett Bay Campus, CORLESS...
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