Land Use

Nature’s Needs and Human Wants Vie for Space Among Rhode Island’s Protected Places

ATVs Ride Roughshod Over R.I.’s Protected Open Space

Silva Family to Donate Cumberland Property to Town; Texts Show Attempts by Family to Influence Deal

Brayton Point Neighbors Fume Over Metals Recycling Operation

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Town officials say they have been dealing with a swell in building permits that began before the pandemic and has since intensified.

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Ties Between Controversial Wetland Development in Cumberland and Family of Governor’s Chief of Staff Deepen

DEM Gives Governor’s Chief of Staff Go-Ahead to Develop Wetlands in Flood-Prone Cumberland Neighborhood

Fallout from Boy Scouts Sex-Abuse Settlement Leaves Future of High-Value Rhode Island Open Space Uncertain

Rupert Friday will retire from his leadership role with the Rhode Island Land Trust Council in early July, after nearly two decades of building coalitions to protect open space and serving as a mentor to the state’s 45 land trusts.

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Sweeping Changes to Downtown PVD Would Cost $140 Million

Informal Collaboration (Un)paves the Way to Cleaner Almy Pond

Providence Makes Room for Five Dozen Restitution Trees

WESTERLY, R.I. — Napatree Point was able to heal itself after taking a beating from Superstorm Sandy because humans have given it room to breathe. After the 1938 hurricane, one of the most financially destructive storms on record, developers looking to rebuild the summer cottages and construct other structures were rebuffed.

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Splash Park and Mister Part of Vision for Reimagined Downtown

Huge Development Proposed in Johnston for Secret Client

Warwick Residents Wary of Massive Warehouse Development

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Surge in Building Permits has Charlestown Officials Scrambling

Thank God It’s Friday: R.I. Land Trust Council’s First and Only Executive Director Headed to Retirement

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Left Undeveloped for Eight Decades, Napatree Point Rolls with the Tides

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