Eighth CRMC SAMP is first climate change plan in nation

July 5, 2018, Providence – PROVIDENCE – The State of Rhode Island now has a roadmap to plan for impacts to homes, businesses, and vital infrastructure as a result of climate change-driven erosion, increased storms, and flooding from sea level rise: the newly adopted Rhode Island Shoreline Change (Beach) Special Area Management Plan, the only one of its kind in the nation.

With its June 12 adoption of the Beach SAMP, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) now has eight tailored regional plans that span most of the state, providing customized guidelines and regulations for addressing the specific needs of those areas. This SAMP seeks to address Rhode Island’s constantly changing shoreline, and provide tools and guidance to our 21 coastal communities that are on the front line of sea level rise impacts.

“Nowhere else in the U.S. is there a management plan for tackling the complicated impacts associated….read more here http://www.crmc.ri.gov/news/2018_0705_beachsamp.html