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Embattled CRMC Struggles to Obtain Quorum at Meetings
USDA Inspection of Mystic Aquarium After Whale’s Death Found ‘Critical Violations’
Mystic Aquarium Program Brings Education Diversity Into Rhode Island Classrooms
Court Rejects Brief That Expressed Concern About Controversial Expansion of Block Island Marina

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Brief Supports Overturning Ruling that OK’d Expansion of Controversial Block Island Marina

Interceding in a case raising significant issues involving government transparency in environmental disputes, four organizations recently filed a “friend of the court” brief in Rhode Island Supreme Court in a […]

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Initial Public Comment Shows Support for CRMC Changes
Scientists, Shellfishermen Seek Strategies to Sustain Ocean State’s Dwindling Bay Scallop Populations
Work Planned to Make Popular Quonochontaug Pond and Breachway More Climate Resilient

CRMC Subcommittee Rejects Potter Pond Aquaculture Expansion

PROVIDENCE — A four-year tug-of-war between commercial aquaculture and some South Kingstown residents is nearly over. Members of a Coastal Resources Management Council subcommittee have recommended the council deny an application from Perry Raso, owner of the Matunuck Oyster Bar, to expand his Potter Pond oyster farm.

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Narragansett Bay Mapping Project Details Big Picture of Region’s Health and Equity
Whale of a Mess: Beluga Dies, Another Falls Ill at Mystic Aquarium
East Providence Erosion Project Brings Shoreline to Life

Rhode Island State Coral Poised to Show Way Forward in Era of Climate Change

Northern star coral is the only hard coral found in New England waters. Unlike the large, familiar corals that grow in warm-water regions, this brown or white coral can fit in the palm of one’s hand, and it can withstand extremely cold winters and very hot summers.

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Tiny Toxic Organisms Cause Problems in Narragansett Bay, Close Shellfisheries
Rhode Island AG Rebukes Another CRMC Decision
Pressures Remain But Great Salt Pond Transformed from Cesspool to Block Island’s Signature Attraction
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