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 rhodeislandseagrant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
Voices of the Blackstone Restoring the Blackstone River has been a decades-long endeavor, with Native voices leading the way By Meredith Haas| Photographs by Jesse Burke Max Brown-Garcia, Narragansett Traditional dancer and artist, performs ceremonial dance in...
by rhodeislandseagrant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
A Cleaner and Warmer Narragansett Bay How is aquatic life adapting? By Marybeth Reilly-McGreen| Photographs by Jesse Burke Water quality is improving even as water temperatures are increasing in Narragansett Bay. Scientists are trying to understand what these and...
by rhodeislandseagrant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
Water Pressure The battle to keep stormwater in check By Ellen Liberman| Photographs by Dana Smith Kathy Ribeiro can’t pinpoint the moment she told herself: “I can’t do this anymore,” but she figures it was a rainy, windy night. Those were the worst. She’d have to...
by rhodeislandseagrant | Aug 13, 2024 | Spring/Summer 2024
Insufficient Funds Supporting collaborative efforts key for environmental projects By Annie Sherman| Photographs by Cate Brown DONORS AND GRANT MAKERS WANT TO SUPPORT “SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS.” BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KEY TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT’S SUCCESS?...
