Coastal Resilience Committee Resource Page

Resiliency Groups

About the Coastal Resilience Committee:

The Coastal Resilience Committe (previously known as Sea Level Rise Committee) is an advisory committee in New Shoreham, Rhode Island comprised of eight members with a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise.

Mission Statement:

The Coastal Resilience Committee is established to gather current scientific data and build on community knowledge to advise the town on priority actions that will improve Block Island’s coastal resiliency. This is done by:

Understanding the potential threats to the island posed by sea level rise and climate change.
Regularly engaging with the community to collect input and conduct outreach.
Evaluating and recommending opportunities for adaptation and mitigation amidst a rapidly changing climate

Meeting Agendas, Members and Minutes can be found HERE

Title	Scale	Images
Rhode Island Department of Envornmental Management	State
URI Sea Grant	State
Rhode Island Infastructure Bank	State
Coastal Resource Management Commission	State
Rhode Island Coastal Resilincy Network	State
Municipal Resilience Program	State
Coastal Institute	State
Southern Rhode Island Conservaiton District	State
Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program	State
URI Coastal Resource Center	State

Resource Database

Climate work spans a wide variety of focuses, disciplines, and scales. This database includes some of the most relevant resources to coastal resiliency on Block Island. Use the following filters to explore a specific topic, see how different disciplines approach climate work, narrow the scale of the resource from universally relevant to specific to Block Island or see what resources are available for a certain audience. If you know of a source you would like to see on this page, use the following section to make a submission!

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Title	Source	Resiliency Topic	Disciplanary Approach	Scale	Format	Date
Mapping the coastal risk for the next century, including sea level rise and changes in the coastline: application to Charlestown RI, USA	URI, Sea Grant (Grilli et al.)	Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	State	Reports & Research	28/11/2016
COASTAL SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE: TRANSPORTATION FACT SHEET	Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program	Coastal Infrastructure	Science of Climate Change	Block Island	Reports & Research
Marsh Migration Project	Coastal Resilience Committee	Coastal Infrastructure	Science of Climate Change	Block Island	Reports & Research
Corn Neck Road Transportation Study	Town of New Shoreham Planning	Coastal Infrastructure	Solutions	Block Island	Reports & Research	01/12/2017
RHODE ISLAND COASTLINE COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT Final Integrated Feasibility Study & Environmental Assessment	US Army Corps of Engineers	Coastal Infrastructure	Science of Climate Change	State	Reports & Research
Adaptation Strategies and Techniques for Coastal Properties	Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC)	Coastal Infrastructure	Solutions	State	Reports & Research
Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions (2024)	National Academies	Energy	Policy/Government	National	Reports & Research	01/01/2024
Climate change findings	Climate Change-PREP-RI	Energy	Science of Climate Change	State	Tools
A comparison of top-down and bottom-up approaches to benthic habitat mapping to inform offshore wind energy development	URI, Sea Grant (LaFrance et al.)	Energy	Science of Climate Change	State	Reports & Research	14/04/2001
SEA GRANT AT THE BLUE CARBON FRONTIER	URI, Sea Grant	Energy	Economic	State	Reports & Research	01/01/2024
SEA�GRANT AT THE BLUE CARBON FRONTIE	Sea Grant	Energy	Solutions	State	Reports & Research
How to Install a Soft-shell Clam Farm	Manomet	Fisheries/Shellfisheries	Solutions	National	Guides	01/01/2018