These are papers and proceedings that Lighthouse has written with and for our clients.

Government

• Rhode Island 2025 Climate Action Strategy
  Prepared public input to this document for the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources in partnership with Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3). Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2024–2025.
• Rhode Island Energy Three Year Plan – Public Listening Workshops Summary Report.
  Prepared for Rhode Island Energy. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2023.
• Ready Set Rhody Workshops – Facilitation Summary and Findings. Prepared for the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2025.
• Barrington Town Council Goal Setting Workshop Report. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. February 2024.
• Priority Setting for Coral Reef Management series. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, 2010.
• Reports prepared For the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Atlantic Ecology Division (AED) Retrospective Governance Analysis for the Narragansett Bay Watershed and Airshed project
  • Eleven Governance Stories in the Narragansett Bay Watershed
  • An Example of How To Conduct A Governance Analysis in a New or Expanded Area
  • Analysis of Governance Response to Ecosystem Change in the Narragansett Bay Watershed
  • Summary of Methods and Lessons Learned
• RESP Hydropower Stakeholder Workshops
• Tampa Bay Estuary Program Five Year Strategic Plan. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. Approved by TBEP policy board. August 2020

Estuary / Coastal / Resilience Planning

• Setauket Harbor Task Force – Establishment of a Harbor Management Model to Enhance Stewardship of the Port Jefferson-Setauket Harbor Complex
  Prepared for Cornell University / New York Sea Grant. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2025–2026.
• Kissena Synergy – Five-Year Strategic Plan for Kissena Synergy.
  Prepared for Cornell University / New York Sea Grant. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2025–2026.
• Connecticut Vibrio Messaging Workshop – Interagency Messaging and Rapid Response.
  Workshop planned and delivered for Connecticut Sea Grant and Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2024.

Higher Education

• Coastal Resources Center Five Year Strategic Plan.  Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center. Approved 2021.
• Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Workshop Report and Change Plan. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. May 2017.
• Final Action Plan. University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Kinesiology. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. July 2018.
• Final Action Plan. University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. March 2018
• Northeast Extension Association (NEED) Summary Report and Roadmap. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. May 2017.
• 2018 Northeast Summer Session NEED/NERA/AHS/APS/CARET Summary report of joint activities. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. June 2018.
• University of Maryland Extension ENR and Sea Grant Programs report on Optimizing Performance: Goals, Capacity, & Collaboration. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. Approved by University of Maryland Extension ENR and Sea Grant Programs. May 2024.
• University of Vermont Extension Program’s Five-Year strategic plan. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. Approved by the project team and Extension’s leadership. September 2018.

Association & Organizational Strategy 

• Association of Northeast Extension Directors (NEED) – Annual Plan of Work and Strategic Materials.
  Prepared for the Association of Northeast Extension Directors. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2024–2025.
• Association of Marina Industries (AMI) – Annual Work Plan and Strategic Implementation Documents.
  Prepared for the Association of Marina Industries. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. 2024–2025.

International 

• Catalyzing coastal management in Eastern Africa: Lessons from Kenya and Zanzibar. Coastal Management Journal, 1998.  15pp.  (with L. Hale, A. Issa and B. Mwandotto).
• Global Partnership for Oceans Habitat Community of Practice Agenda for Action, ongoing

• Local Action Strategies for Coral Reef Management in the U.S. Virgin Islands. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, 2010.

Marina/Boating Industry

• Best Management Practices for clean marinas: lessons learned. Rhode Island Sea Grant. 1997. 20 pp. (with J. Rhodes)
• Environmental Guide for Marinas: Controlling nonpoint source and storm water pollution in Rhode Island.  ISBN #00-938412-29-9.  Sea Grant Handbook #RIU-H-94-002, 1994.  155 pp.  (with V. Lee).
• Five Year Strategic Plan for the Association of Marina Industries.   Association of Marina Industries, 2010.
• Hazard mitigation for recreational harbor communities.  Rhode Island Sea Grant, 1995.  67pp.  (with V. Lee).
• MarinaNet bibliography of Sea Grant marina and boating publications. Rhode Island Sea Grant, 1997.  31pp. (with R. Calabro).
• Rhode Island Marine Trades Association Five Year strategic plan. Approved by board on April 10, 2017. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. April 2017.
• Southern New England Recreational Fishing Symposium, 2013

Non-profit

• Advancing Seafloor Mapping Priorities for the Northeast: Summary of Priorities for Future Funding.  Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. Approved by the Northeast Regional Ocean Council Habitat Classification and Ocean Mapping Subcommittee. August 2024.
• Long Island Sounds Sustainable and Resilient Communities working group.  Draft Integrated Work Plan for LISS Working Group. February 2021
• RHODE ISLAND MEALS ON WHEELS Five Year Strategic Plan Update; Approved by board on February 2016. Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group. February 2016
• Simulating harbor management: A tool for public participation. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1994.  11pp.  (with G. Krausse).
• Tampa Bay Watch Five Year Strategic Plan.  Tampa, FL.  Tampa Bay Watch.  Approved 2021.
• TNC Long Island Sound Program Visioning Proceedings
• Watch Hill Conservancy Five Year Strategic Plan.   Warren, RI: Lighthouse Consulting Group.  Approved by the Watch Hill Conservancy Board of Trustees October 2020