Proposed Estuarine Sanctuary Grant Award to the State of Rhode Island for a Narragansett Bay Estuarine Sanctuary, Newport County, Rhode Island

摘要

The State of Rhode Island has submitted an application for a grant award from the Office of Coastal Zone Management to establish an estuarine sanctuary in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The proposed sanctuary would consist of Hope Island, Patience Island, and the northern end of Prudence Island, and their surrounding waters for a total of 2,629 acres of land and water. Approval of this grant application would permit the establishment of an estuarine sanctuary representing the Virginian biogeographic region. The proposed sanctuary would be used primarily for research and educational purposes, especially to provide information useful for coastal zone management decision-making. Recreational uses would be allowed to the extent that they are compatible with the proposed sanctuary's research and education programs.