Rhode Island’s Rising Tide: CRMC and RI Sea Grant’s Pam Rubinoff featured in NOAA Climate Magazine

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is featuring CRMC Executive Director Grover Fugate and Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Pam Rubinoff in its new Climate Magazine, online now at https://www.climate.gov/news-features. Fugate and Rubinoff spoke to NOAA’s Hanna Goss about Rhode Island’s sea level rise efforts, including the Metro Bay Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) and its sea level rise regulations, Section 145 of the RICRMP: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise. The Council adopted these regulations in early 2008.

For a direct link to the article, click here - https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/rhode-islands-rising-tide.

For more information on the Metro Bay SAMP and other SAMPs, go to Topics on the CRMC web site (http://www.crmc.ri.gov) and click on SAMPs at the bottom of the drop-down menu.

For the CRMC regulations on sea level rise, go to https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/650-20-00-1.

Storm surges and high tides pose a continuing threat to some beachfront homes in Rhode Island. Some owners have already moved their homes to higher locations. Photo courtesy of CRMC.