Information Archive and Online Resources

RI Coordination Team Creation & Recent History:

• RI General Law Chapter §46-31: The RI Bay, River, & Watersheds Coordination Team
• Timeline Leading to Creation of Coordination Team
• Systems Level Plan: 2009-2013 — Strategy Tables

Background Information on Key Issues

Estuarine Hypoxia

• RI DEM Report on 2003 Greenwich Bay Fish Kill (PDF)
• RI DEM's 2005 Plan for Managing Nutrient Loadings to RI Waters (PDF)
• S. Nixon et al.'s 2005 Report to Narr. Bay Comm. on Changes in Nutrient Inputs to Narr. Bay Over Past 25 Years (PDF)

Resilient, Water-Reliant Economic Development

• C. Cogan's 2003 Presentation on RI Marine Economy (PDF)
• K. Payne's 2004 Presentation on Marine Economic Monitoring (PDF)
• RI Senate Policy Office's 2002 Report on RI's Marine and Water-Dependent Economy (PDF)
• US EPA's 2004 Report on Economic Values Linked to Coastal Water Quality (PDF)

Partner Links

• Fresh RI Environmental News (EcoRI)
• Blackstone River Watershed Council
• Buckeye Brook Coalition
• Narrow River Preservation Society
• Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
• Friends of the Hunt River Watershed
• RI DOA Division of Planning
• Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association
• Roger Williams University Marine Affairs Institute