by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
Providence: City on a Fill Water was the lifeline for every settlement in early America. However, as villages grew into towns and then cities, some found themselves squeezed into a space that led them to expand by pushing back the sea through a process that...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 22, 2015 | Fall 2015
Taste of a Place | Water Gives Oysters Unique “Meroir” “More than any other food, oysters taste like the place they come from,” writes author Rowan Jacobson in his connoisseur’s guide Geography of Oysters. “While they are creatures of the sea, they draw...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 20, 2015 | Fall 2015
Remove all Obstructions | The Long, Slow Road to Restoring Rhode Island’s Rivers For the hardy souls who survived the brutal winters of colonial New England, there was only one choice: tame the new land. Build farms, mills, and factories that would feed families and...
