Press & News
Projo — Is RI's coastal agency broken? Why former members are speaking out for reform.
By Alex Kuffner — When Catherine Robinson Hall was appointed to a seat on the Coastal Resources Management Council in 2022, she represented something different for the powerful state agency that controls development along the Rhode Island shoreline…
RI PBS — Rhode Island Senate Confirms Barrington Foot and Ankle Surgeon to CRMC
By Nancy Levin — The embattled Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has had a tough time recruiting new members. The 10-member panel has been four seats shy of a full roster since December — not unusual in recent years. Controversy surrounding the appointed regulatory body did not dissuade Dr. Michael Reuter, a Barrington podiatric surgeon and avid sailor, from seeking an appointment to the council.
ecoRI News — Marine Policy Professor Resigns from Rhode Island Coastal Agency
By Rob Smith — Nearly two years after first being appointed to the executive body of the Coastal Resources Management Council, a prominent council member tendered her resignation earlier this month.
ecoRI News — Long-Serving Member Resigns from R.I.’s Coastal Agency
By Frank Carini — For years the board that oversees the Ocean State’s coastal regulations has been operating with vacancies, and last month it lost a long-serving member.