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
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 31, 2020 | Fall 2019
Mapping the Road to Resilience If you live in one of the 21 communities that abut Rhode Island’s coastline, you probably know the place. There’s a road in the neighborhood that pretty much leads to nowhere. At one point it might have led to a beach, but now the end of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 13, 2019 | Fall 2019
Resilience Shapes Investments By Jen A. Miller “Better-prepared municipalities equal a better-prepared Ocean State,” says Shaun O’Rourke, the state’s chief resilience officer and director of stormwater and resiliency at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank. He’s...