Coastal Urban Waters Research Collaborative
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Urban Estuaries
These collaboratives aim to understand urban estuarine ecosystems to provide insight for managing resources, restoring habitats, and ensure resilience to climate change
Mission: Provide cross-state collaboration and coordination to understand ecosystem change in urban coastal waters informing resource management, climate change resilience, and habitat improvement.
Current Objectives: Facilitate coordination to develop collaborations in response to the growing need for inter- and transdisciplinary research and solutions to fully understand and address human-ecosystem dynamics in urban estuarine systems.
History: The Coastal Urban Waters Research Collaborative was formed by NBEP in response to the needs identified by the Science Advisory Committee. Read NBEP’s Research Plan for a full history .
Collaboratives
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Providence-Seekonk River
Home to over 700,000 people with nearly half in underserved communities.
Join us on May 2nd for our first meeting!
Fall River - Mount Hope Bay
Home to over 100,000 people with nearly half living in underserved communities.
Collab Google Drive
Westerly - Little Narragansett Bay
Home to over 38,000 people with nearly 20% living in underserved communities.
Collab Google Drive
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Upcoming Meetings
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Past Meetings
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