Coastal State Discussions!

PLEASE JOIN US for two discussions in April!

WHEN: April 14, 2015
TIME: 5-7 p.m.
PLACE: URI Narragansett Bay Campus | Coastal Institute Auditorium
Food & beverage will be provided. Seating is limited: please RSVP to mmhaas@uri.edu

Impacts of Climate Change on Septic Systems

Jennifer Cooper, URI Ph.D. candidate shows core samples to test conventional and alternative wastewater treatment systems

On April 14, guest speaker Jennifer Cooper, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rhode Island, will discuss how increased surface temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and sea level rise impact conventional septic systems and alternative technologies, and what that could mean for local water resources.

WHEN: April 23, 2015
TIME: 5-7 p.m.
PLACE: URI Kingston Campus | CBLS 010
Food & beverage will be provided. Seating is limited: please RSVP to mmhaas@uri.edu

Ecological and Economic Benefits of Seafood Certification

On April 23, guest speakers Jeremy Collie, a fisheries ecologist and professor of oceanography at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, and Hirotsugu Uchida, an assistant professor of environmental and natural resource economics at URI, will discuss the status and trends of various fish stocks, an examination of whether certification of fisheries sustainability by an organization, such as the Marine Stewardship Council, affects the sustainability of a stock, and whether a certified product commands a premium price, as expected.