by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
Training Landscape Stewards Fostering Agricultural Careers & Safeguarding Ecosystems By Annie Sherman| Photographs by Jesse Burke THE SUN IS ILLUMINATING AN UNSEASONABLY warm November day, and LaKiesha Stromley of Wild and Scenic Fine Gardening and Horticulture is...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
SEMPER PARATUS: Always Ready U.S. Coast Guard tackles emerging marine resource and national security issues By Meredith Haas UNLESS IN ACTUAL NEED OF BEING RESCUED, most boaters may not relish the sight of an approaching U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) boat—wondering if...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
Women Take the Helm Local Sailing Community Elevating Female Sailors By Helena Touhey| Cover Image by Onne van der Wal ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, Kelsy Patnaude posted a series of Instagram stories to her account, which began with...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
Dirty, Muddy, Cold, and Wet––And Loving It Oyster Farmers Describe Their Calling By Pearl Marvell Above: clip from ‘Oyster Farm Tour at Hog Island.’ IT IS A SUNNY MORNING IN OCTOBER. The water is calm and sparkling in Wickford Cove. The fleet of pleasure...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
Taking Root Environmental Activists Grow Local Efforts By Amanda Valentine Riverside Park sits as a jewel of a park along the Woony River Greenway in Olneyville. Where once lay decay after the area declined in World War II, now sits one of the best hidden gems of the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2023 | Fall/Winter '23
Shell Company The past, present, and future of selling seashell art By Ellen Liberman MELONIE MASS A STARTS WITH A CAPIZ SHELL the size of a quarter. The flat, iridescent Capiz is the carapace of the windowpane oyster, which lives in the mud flats off the Philippines....
