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Woonasquatucket River Watershed Flood Prevention Project | Public meeting, June 8, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island and the City of Providence, Rhode Island co-sponsored this public informational meeting to discuss the proposed Woonasquatucket River Watershed Flood Protection Project. The Woonasquatucket River Watershed has experienced repeated flooding that causes damages to residential and commercial development infrastructure and presents a public safety risk within the developed floodplain during periods of intense rainfall. The preparation of a Watershed Flood Protection Project Plan - Environmental Document that seeks to address these flood risks is currently underway.
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Woonasquatucket River Watershed Flood Protection Project | Public Meeting, June 10, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island and the City of Providence, Rhode Island co-sponsored this public informational meeting to discuss the proposed Woonasquatucket River Watershed Flood Protection Project. The Woonasquatucket River Watershed has experienced repeated flooding that causes damages to residential a...
Single Mature Oyster Restoration in Rhode Island
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In early 2020, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) realized that the COVID-19 pandemic would have an impact on the state’s oyster growers. The state and federal agencies saw an opportunity to help both the growers and the environment by obtaining reproductively mature oysters to restore dwindling oyster populations i...
Slash Wall: Cutting edge forestry practice comes to Rhode Island
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Tucked away in the rural community of Foster, Rhode Island, is a patch of forest dedicated to conservation education. The Rhode Island Forest Conservators Organization, better known as RIFCO, maintains a demonstration woodlot where private landowners can see tried-and-true forest management practices at work. RIFCO’s most recent project, you might say, is more cutting edge. Around a three-acre ...
Wetlands and Forest for Wildlife Forever | E. Patrick and Diane Luther, Glocester, Rhode Island
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When Patrick and Diane Luther purchased 38 acres of Glocester, Rhode Island woodland, it was with the intention of developing house lots for their family. Jobs and school took their kids down other roads, however, so when the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service contacted them about protecting the land with a conservation easement, they were very interested. Read more at www.ri.nrcs.usda...
Fulfilling a Farming Dream | Windmist Farm, Jamestown, RI
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With its large herd of Belted Galloway cattle often seen grazing in the shadow of the Newport Bridge, Windmist Farm is perhaps the most visible of Jamestown, Rhode Island farms. The town sits on Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, a stepping stone for tourists on the way to nearby Newport. Martha Neale operates Windmist Farm with her husband George, raising beef cattle, goats, sheep, pastured...
Bringing Oysters Back to Bissel Cove | North Kingstown, Rhode Island
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The fact that natural communities of oysters have been rapidly declining in Rhode Island waters isn’t just a concern for those who enjoy eating shellfish. Oysters fill a special ecological niche and help filter the water, keeping it clean. To reverse the effects of over-fishing and habitat change, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working with the Rhode Island Department...
Cool video Steve, I knew you'd thrive! Sad thing is, he'll probably never see this unless someone shows him!
Hi is this diane luther who wrote book pressure canning
New to new dummies
That's an old practice seen nomadic people on a doco using it to protect there stock
Fabulous Gods work Thank you ! 🦀
It needs to. Be done in palmer river. Potter's cove smiths cove. All the covers in the bay .they need come back for local fishermen not farmers .
Excellent project. I hope it’s highly successful & that it’s copied by all the nearby states. Btw, before the pandemic, we too a trip to RI & ate a couple of times at the restaurant shown as a participant in the project. Their oysters were wonderful, & once all the COVID variants are done, we look forward to returning to that same restaurant.
oysters are fantastic not only are they very tasty and healthy if grown in clean water and they filter 60 gallons of water per day new york harbor planted millions of them
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Ive been coming to rhode island since I was 8 years old (im in my 30's now). Clamming has been a family tradition and my parents have replaced the grandparents in our clamming party. RI was (and somewhat still is ) the poor mans Cape Cod (in the best way). we could at one time, haul coolers full of cherrystones and have clam bakes with friends and extended family. Matunuk oyster bar was just a shack when I first arrived. We still go to buck a shuck but its changed, the porsche's and ferraris are here now, the access is dwindling, along with the ocean views. the small cottages are replaced by 4 story beach houses. Oysters are cool, they filter the water, but so do the property owners.