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Rhode Island
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officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,[6] is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, but thesecond most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states behind New Jersey. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to thenorth and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest.
Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony. The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution.[7][8]
Rhode Island'sofficial nickname is "The Ocean State," a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area. Its land area is 1,045 square miles (2,710 km2), but its total area is significantly larger.
North Cape Oil Spill, Block Island Sound – Implemented
restoration plan to address injuries from this 1996 spill of
828,000gallons of oil into Rhode Island’s waters; released
over 1.2 million v-notched adult female lobsters to increase
recruitment in RI waters (top photo on page 1); released
over 7 million shellfish into Narragansett Bay and salt ponds
to restore or enhance shellfish populations (bottom photo
on page 1); constructed a fishway to help migrating alewife
gain access to spawning habitat; protectednesting habitat
for over 50 pairs of piping plovers on RI beaches; secured
protection of 1.5 million acres of nesting habitat for loons
and eiders in Maine; and secured a conservation easement
to protect lands along Ninigret Pond.
 Naval Construction and Battalion Center (NCBC), Davisville
and Naval Education Training Center, Newport – Achieved
protective cleanup at both facilities;and completed 3 wetland projects, including a 1.5-acre salt marsh restoration.
Rose Hill Landfill, South Kingstown – Reached a cooperative settlement with those responsible, the terms of which
secured a protective cleanup and natural resource damage
funds that will be used to improve river herring passage at
two dams on the Saugatucket River.
M/V World Prodigy, Narragansett Bay – Transplantedadult
quahogs to open waters of Narragansett Bay; restored
salt marsh habitat in Middletown; created a lobster reef in
Narragansett Bay to increase juvenile lobster habitat; and
re-established eelgrass beds
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Geography
Rhode Island is the smallest of the 50 states and except for New Jersey the most densely populated. The dominant physiographic feature of the state is theNarragansett basin, a shallow lowland area of Carboniferous sediments, extending into SE Massachusetts and, in Rhode Island, partly submerged as Narragansett Bay. The bay cuts inland c.30 mi (50 km) to Providence, where it receives the Blackstone River; it contains several islands, including Rhode Island (or Aquidneck), the largest (and the site of historic Newport); Conanicut Island, with the resortof Jamestown; and Prudence Island. The coastline between Point Judith and Watch Hill is marked by sand spits and barrier beaches, sheltering lagoons and salt marshes. Glaciation left many small lakes, and the rolling hilly surface of the state is cut by short, swift streams with numerous falls. Although more than half of Rhode Island is covered with forests, it is highly urbanized. Providence is thecapital and the largest city; other important cities are Warwick,Cranston, Pawtucket, and Newport.
Rhode Island's coast is lined with resorts noted for their swimming and boating facilities, and windswept Block Island is a favorite vacation spot. Narragansett Bay is famous for its sailboats and yachts. The America's Cup yacht race has been held in Newport several times, beginning in 1930 and...