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
Rhode Island Coastline Coastal Storm Risk Management Project	US Army Corps of Engineers	Flooding & Natural Disaster	Science of Climate Change	State	Reports & Research
Champlin's Dock Supreme Court Case	RI Supreme Court	Infastructure	Policy/Government	Block Island	Reports & Research
Coastal Flood Risk to Structures and Infrastructure, Block Island, RI	URI	Infastructure	Solutions	Block Island	Meetings and Notes	01/01/2022
NFWF Coastal Resilience Fund Grants Awarded 2020	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)	Infastructure	Solutions	Block Island	Funding	01/01/2020
MASS HOMEOWNER�S HANDBOOK TO PREPARE FOR 3RD EDITION, JULY 2020 COASTAL HAZARDS	Sea Grant, MA	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Guides
Portsmouth, RI Climate Resilience Planning and Financing Strategy	Southeast New England Program (SNEP)	Infastructure	Economic	Comprable	Reports & Research	01/12/2021
StormSmart Properties	Mass.gov	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Guides
Resilient Natucket Design Guidelines	Nantucket	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Guides
Homeowner�s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards � Fourth Edition	Sea Grant, Hawaii	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Guides
Marine Shoreline Design Guideline	Washington State Aqua?c Habitat Guidelines Progra	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Reports & Research
PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY AND PUGET SOUND	Shore Friendly	Infastructure	Solutions	Comprable	Guides
Compendim of NBS and Grey Solutions	Grow Green	Infastructure	Solutions	National	Reports & Research	01/03/2020