Category: Stakeholder Meetings

SMP Stakeholder Mapping Meeting: May 6th

SMP Stakeholder Mapping Meeting
Monday, May 6th, 4-6 pm
Kettle Pond Visitor Center, Charlestown

Throughout the SMP, there has been a strong request for action to address user-conflict issues among all stakeholders. In response, the SMP team has been hosting a series of meetings to document human activities within Narragansett Bay and the Coastal Ponds. The next meeting will be held on Monday, May 6th from 4-6 pm at Kettle Pond Visitor Center in Charlestown. The address and directions can be found here: http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/what-to-do/hiking/2135/kettle-pond-visitor-center/

Specifically, this meeting will give us the opportunity expand upon our understanding of how Rhode Island’s waters are used, identify user-conflicts, and further document human activities. All user information is valuable – recreational and commercial shellfishing, fin-fishing, kite surfing, boating, diving, etc. Please RSVP for this meeting to smp@etal.uri.edu, and be sure to include the meeting date.

March Stakeholder Meeting Recap

We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the 2nd SMP Stakeholder meeting on March 20th at the URI Bay Campus! We had over 75 people attend a very productive and informative session. A special thank you to Angelo Liberti and the DEM Office of Water Resources team for presenting and clarifying various water quality regulations using specific and familiar examples. His presentation is available for download below.

Additionally, we were able to share with attendees the first draft of the SMP Goals and Objectives with the hopes that participants will review these more thoroughly and provide us with comments (email to smp@etal.uri.edu) by April 25, 2013.

If you missed the meeting, you can view or download the March Stakeholder Meeting documents below:

Meeting Agenda | Handouts (SMP Goals and Objectives)
Presentations: RI SMP Update (Azure Cygler, Fisheries Extension Specialist, URI Coastal Resources Center/Rhode Island Sea Grant), Water Quality Presentation (Angelo Liberti, Chief of Surface Water Protection, Office of Water Quality, RI DEM)

Check out Angelo’s presentation below!

Thanks,

The SMP Team

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