by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 14, 2015 | Winter 2015
Sacred Symbol: The Beauty of Wampum By Sarah SchumannPhotographs by Acacia Johnson Only 3 artisans in the world still make wampum from quahog shells. Allen Hazard of the Narragansett Tribe continues this tradition. Allen Hazard, a wampum maker and member of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 12, 2015 | Winter 2015
Quintessential Quahogs AN APPRECIATION OF A LOCAL ICON The Sea Goose Grill & Raw Bar offers its best quahog recipes. See below. Newcomers and visitors to Rhode Island are often struck by the word “quahog” on local menus, stumbling on its pronunciation (KO-hog,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 12, 2015 | Winter 2015
Sea Level Rise and Salt Marsh Migration DIGGING TRENCHES AIDS RESTORATION A dome of blue-gray sky cups the open expanse, ensuring the day will be a chilly one. Low tide on Round Marsh in Jamestown exposes last year’s growth of grasses, including the omnipresent...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 12, 2015 | Winter 2015
Mapping Out a Future North Kingstown and Newport Plan for Storms, Flooding In the wake of superstorm Sandy, coastal communities in Rhode Island are struggling to figure out how to protect their residents and businesses from future storm damages and losses. “Whether...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2015 | Winter 2015
The Word is Surge Indstrry experts and marina owners say the nation’s recreational boaters should note one major lesson from the historic $675 million in damages inflicted on them from Superstorm Sandy: Surge, in addition to wind and wave strength, must be factored...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2015 | Winter 2015
Nature or Nurture for Sandy-Damaged Shorelines The most enduring reminders of superstorm Sandy are erosion and, of course, ongoing expenses to repair the damages from the storm. In Rhode Island, the storm’s immediate damage tallied $11 million, followed by some $42...
