March 2026
Calendar

Frequently Asked
Questions

Now Processing All Beach
Vehicle Permits Online

CRMC to remove hazardous timbers from Providence River

Designation of Public Right-of-Ways to the Tidal Areas of the State, 2024-2025 (PDF)

Charlestown Breachway repair begins construction

Sandy Point Beach Walking Tour

CRMC seeks pre-proposals for Habitat Restoration Trust Fund projects

CRMC offers hurricane guidance

CRMC, Save The Bay working on ROWs this summer

Oakland Beach Walking Tour on August 13th

CRMC offers special training for RI Builders Association

2024 Report: Aquaculture reports best year since 1995

Federal government cancels CRMC, RISG, NBNERR public shoreline access grant

Notice for USACE Review Process

CRMC, DEM save former Water Wizz property

CRMC funds five habitat restoration projects

CRMC gets good grade from NOAA in 312 review

CRMC rewards RI students for science fair projects

Resilience projects receive over $2M in grant funding

CRMC ROW legislation introduced

Volunteers Wanted: R.I. CRMC Fishermen’s Advisory Board

Section 309 of the CZMA – Program Assessment for Enhancement Strategy 2025 Survey

Wind Energy Project Updates and Navigational Resources

Refer to the Orsted and USCG documents below for more details:

• Orsted Mariners Briefing
  
• Orsted Update on Cable Installation Progress
  
• U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners, District 1

Orsted Navigational Resources:

• Downloadable Plotter Files — Click “Start Drawing” at the bottom of the page. Draw a box around the area(s) desired. Select the desired plotter file type
• Wind Farm Coordinates
• Navigational Charts

US Army Corps of Engineers RI Coastline Coastal Storm Risk Management Project
— Click here to contact USACE

Application for replacement and revision of the Army Corps of Engineers RI General Permit for a standard period of 5 years (PDF)

CRMC, URI introduces Beach SAMP tools to coastal communities
– STORMTOOLS Information
– Review of Adaptation Strategies (PDF)

CRMC Trash Trailer

Trash and debris collected from the dredging of Waterplace Park and adjacent section of the river into a traveling educational art installation

CRMC Decision on ROW designation on Everett Avenue, Westerly 1/27/26 and 30 Day Appeal Letter

Public Notification — request for CRMC ROW designation of Everett Avenue, Westerly 11/25/25

Notice of Public Hearing 10/14/25 — City of East Providence

Notice of Public Hearing 7/22/25 — Heritage Foundation of RI

Regarding the Washington Bridge reconstruction

Charlestown Breachway repair work

NOAA Program Change RI-2025-1 Public Notice - Jan 2026

• Attachment 1 - Public Notice of Decision 
• Attachment 2 – NOAA Decision Letter
• Attachment 3 - Table of Approved Changes
• Attachment 4 – Public Notice
• Attachment 5 – Full State Submission

Amended Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for two amendments to the CRMC Management Procedures Program- Meetings and Members and CAD Cell Disposal Fee

Notice of proposed rulemaking for two amendments to the CRMC Management Procedures Program- Meetings and Members and CAD Cell Disposal Fee

Proposed Changes

Quidnessett Country Club (QCC)

• Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Meeting Notice, 7/23/24
• Rulemaking Petitions
• Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Recommendation

Proposed amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

NMFS Consistency Determination Letter for Proposed Rule to Amend the NARW Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

Petition for Declaratory Ruling 2020-07-083

• Continuation Notice 12/8/20
• CRMC Meeting Notification 12/8/20
• Staff report 2020-07-083

Would you like to make a formal request to access the public records of the CRMC?  Please send your request to Lisa Turner, APRA Coordinator and Keeper of the Records via the following link: https://crmc.nextrequest.com. The CRMC Policies on Access to Public Records can be viewed in Section 1.15 of the Management Procedures (650-10-00-1), adopted in accordance with RIGL §38-2-1 et. seq.

Warwick Shoreline Access Tour Proves Particularly Educational

Materials Dredged from Providence River to be Reused on South Quay Project

Providence River dredging to benefit two RI communities

Warwick mayor announces $565K project to improve Oakland Beach

CRMC’s Dave Beutel speaks on “Divided Waters: Can offshore wind energy and the fishing industry coexist in the age of climate change?” panel

CRMC’s Janet Freedman in WPRI’s “State of the Bay”

A Rising Challenge: Rhode Island Grapples with the Policy and Practice of Coastal Resiliency

The Smallest State and Why It's Getting Smaller

Trash pushes Providence river dredging into January, over budget

Extreme climate change has arrived in America

Ground zero for 1938 Hurricane: More vulnerable than ever

Can offshore wind and commercial fishing coexist?

Major Flooding Hits MA South Shore During Snowstorm, But Why Not RI, South Coast?

Congress's 'watchdog' agency urges federal response on costly impacts

Using Dredged Materials to Improve a Salt Marsh

Two projects are under way in R.I. to raise salt marshes threatened by environmental change

Saving our salt marshes: Groups work to protect vital ecosystem

'Drowning' Charlestown marsh getting lift above rising sea

Narrow River dredging project underway