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.

Interceding in a case raising significant issues involving government transparency in environmental disputes, Save The Bay, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association and Foundation, and Common Cause Rhode Island today filed a “friend of the court” (amicus curiae) brief in the Rhode Island Supreme Court in a long-standing controversy involving the proposed expansion of Champlin’s Marina on Block Island.