by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
Exploring the Blackstone Local groups seek to demystify access to the river to help others enjoy its hidden beauty By Colleen Cronin | Photographs by Jesse Burke The Blackstone River sometimes gets a bad rap. Like many New Englanders, natural beauty and majesty...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
Living on the Line Fighting to Save the Space Between Land and Sea By Sarah Francis The salt marsh sparrow is rapidly losing habitat to sea level rise. Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo Scientists and volunteers fight to save saltmarsh sparrows and horseshoe...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 13, 2023 | Summer/Fall 2023
Cape Verdean Museum Opens in Pawtucket Celebrating an Island Nation's Culture By Sarah Francis| Photographs by Jesse Burke Joe DaMoura, president of the Cape Verdean Museum. Pawtucket’s new neighbor is getting a last-minute primping before its grand weekend opening....
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 13, 2023 | Summer/Fall 2023
Imagination Powers “Blue” Education Fostering Ocean Leaders By Marybeth Reilly-McGreen| Photographs courtesy of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography The six seventh graders at frank e. thompson Middle School (TMS) in Newport gathered in teacher Taylor...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 13, 2023 | Summer/Fall 2023
Whirlwind II: Evolution of a Boat Celebrating Maritime Heritage By Elaine Lembo| Photographs by Alison Langley What leads a man raised far from the sea to salt water, sailing, boats, and an uncharted destiny? “Dreams and fantasies,” says soft-spoken Yarrow Thorne as...
