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RI Geological Survey: unfunded URI office; geologic-information mission

Record

ri-rec-03

State

RI

Category

geospatial_context · agency_profile

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

RI-RIGS-PROFILE

Fields

housing

The Rhode Island Geological Survey is an unfunded office housed within the Department of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island and staff by faculty of the Department.

mission

The mission of the Rhode Island Geological Survey and the Rhode Island State Geologist is to provide the people of Rhode Island with quality geologic information to facilitate informed decision-making for natural resource management, economic development, conservation planning, and regulation; to provide public assistance; and to promote education.

Evidence

1. housing: The Rhode Island Geological Survey is an unfunded office housed within the Department of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island and staff by faculty of the Department.
   https://rigs.uri.edu/ · About section, housing sentence · source ri-src-01 · visit ri-visit-01
2. mission: The mission of the Rhode Island Geological Survey and the Rhode Island State Geologist is to provide the people of Rhode Island with quality geologic information to facilitate informed decision-making for natural resource management, economic development, conservation planning, and regulation; to provide public assistance; and to promote education.
   https://rigs.uri.edu/ · About section, mission sentence · source ri-src-01 · visit ri-visit-01

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-RI. Still missing: current staff roster.