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Officials Try to Determine Cause of Whale Death
Share this Article On CapeCodTimes: A day after a dead minke whale washed ashore along the Herring River , personnel from the International Fund for Animal Welfare attempted to reach the 17-foot-long mammal Tuesday to see...
Public Comment Sought on Herring Plan Rules
Share this Article On The New England Fishery Management Council has voted to seek public input on a set of proposed regulations that would be included under Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Among the...
Isles of Shoals Research Project Nets Loads of Trash
Share this Article On The Rozalia Project has just published a report of its 4-day neuston net survey of marine debris conducted off the Isles of Shoals aboard the American Promise. The project was funded and supported by the...
Nantucket Conference to Focus on Coastal Planning
Share this Article On The second annual Coastal Communities Conference, which began Thursday, September 29, will focus on the unique challenges in planning for areas where the land meets the sea, also known as the “interface zone”. Related Video:...
Wind Turbine Sprouts in Galilee, RI
Share this Article On Block Island Times: A construction crew from Alteris Renewables has been installing a Northwind 100 kW wind turbine at Fishermen’s Memorial State Park and Campground in Narragansett this week. The campground is on Route 108...
Coastal Cleanup Draws Crowd to RI Beach
Share this Article On EastBayRI: The annual International Coastal Cleanup brought a crowd of workers to Barrington Beach last weekend. More than 50 people participated including Boy Scouts from Troop 55 in Riverside. Among the trash found, bagged and...
Rye, NH, Beach Access Debate Continues
Share this Article On SeacoastOnline: Selectmen took a stand for the public’s right to beach access on two separate occasions during Monday night’s board meeting. Locke Road resident Gwen Putnam-Bailey appeared before the board to request an extension of...
Caribbean Fish Conservationists Visit Block Island
Share this Article On Block Island Times: Representatives from The Nature Conservancy concerned with dwindling fish stocks visited Block Island this week. These conservationists were not New Englanders, however. They were from the Caribbean islands of Jamaica and St....
Super High Tide Leads to Coastal Flooding
Share this Article On CTPost.com: High tide combined with high winds rolling in from the east led to coastal flooding late Wednesday morning, into the afternoon. As high tide hit, beachfront areas in Stratford, Milford, Fairfield, Norwalk and Darien saw...
Annual CT River Cleanup Will Be Huge Task
Share this Article On TheDay.com: The annual cleanup of the Connecticut River is more important this year than ever, due to the large amounts of trash and debris carried into the river and washing up onto riverbanks by Tropical...
