Information Archive and Online Resources

RI Coordination Team Creation & Recent History:

• ProJo Editorial by J. Joseph Garrahy, 9/24/04
• S. Whitehouse's 2004 Presentation on RI Coordination Team (PDF)
• 2004 Report from the RI House Bay Trust Study Commission (PDF)
• 2004 RI Senate Report: Habitat-based Management of RI's Marine Environment (PDF)
• J. Boyd & R. Ribb Testimony to RI Senate, Feb. 15, 2005 (PDF)
• R. Ribb Testimony to House Hearings, 30 March 2005 (PDF)

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)

RI’s Marine Economy

• 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)

Policy and Management Recommendations

• RI Rivers Council Report on Riparian and Coastal Buffers, Jan 15, 2005 (PDF)
• Coordination Team Oversight of Narragansett Bay Program (PDF)