THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT received a $500,000 grant to lead a national study on salt marsh resilience against the effects of climate change.
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management was awarded a $500,000 federal research grant to lead a nationwide study to examine strategies to enhance salt marsh resilience against the effects of climate change, the department announced Thursday. The project is funded by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative, a state-federal partnership program…