PRESS RELEASE — The Surfrider Foundation — The Surfrider Foundation has urged the Rhode Island Supreme Court to uphold the public’s longstanding right of passage along Rhode Island beaches, including the right to walk or otherwise pass along dry sand above the water.

PRESS RELEASE — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers — Earlier this month, BHA filed an amicus curiae brief jointly with The Surfrider Foundation urging the RI Supreme Court to upload the 2023 shoreline access law.

By Rob Smith — The state’s coastal regulating agency is already starting the new year on the wrong foot. The Coastal Resources Management Council quietly announced last month that longtime council member and Little Compton resident Donald Gomez was resigning. Gomez, who prior to his professional retirement worked as an electric engineer for the Navy in Newport, had been serving in some capacity on CRMC’s executive panel since 2007.

By Antonia Noori Farzan — RIDOT initially said that "fishing accommodations will not be provided" on the new East Bay Bike Path bridges, but now says that it doesn't intend to prohibit fishing.

By Michael Woods — Across North America the boundary between uplands and tidelands occupies a fascinating niche within the greater public access conversation.