Narrow River dredging won’t happen this season, Narragansett’s town manager says
Narragansett has all three permits to dredge the mouth of the Narrow River, but without an earmark and with the…
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Coast & Water
Beaches, salt ponds, fisheries, offshore wind and the waters around South County.
Block Island scallop season opens Nov. 7, and this year the residents-only rule gets enforced
Bay scallops open in the Great Salt Pond on Nov. 7. The town is writing the state's no-nonresidents rule onto licenses by hand, and a Providence College biologist is back to help restore soft-shell…
By Ben Hallett · · 3 min read
Block Island’s trail keepers say this was their hardest year
After a blizzard and a rainy growing season, The Nature Conservancy and Block Island Conservancy say they cannot keep up.…
Ten years on, what the Block Island Wind Farm changed for South County
From the cable landfall at Narragansett to the island's switch off diesel generators, a look at the country's first offshore…
Ninigret Pond and the breachways: who manages South County’s salt ponds
Behind the barrier beaches from Westerly to Narragansett lies a chain of shallow salt ponds. Breachways connect them to the…
Rhode Island’s Ocean SAMP, the first plan of its kind, explained
Before any turbine went up off Block Island, Rhode Island mapped its offshore waters in detail. The Ocean SAMP became…
Why sea stars along the Rhode Island shore keep disappearing
Beachcombers along Narragansett's rocky shore have noticed fewer sea stars in some years. Researchers link mass die-offs to a wasting…
Getting to Block Island: ferry options from Point Judith, Newport, New London and Montauk
Only one ferry route runs all year and carries cars. Here is how the Block Island options compare, from the…