Protecting RI shellfish
Shellfish restoration is the topic at a meeting Thursday at the University of Rhode Island. The state wants input on how best to protect shellfish in coastal ponds and Narragansett Bay.The Director of...
View ArticleShellfishing Area Closed
A Rhode Island shell fishing area is closed. The Conimicut Triangle and Area A of the upper Narragansett Bay is closed because of discharge from a waste water treatment plant in East Providence.The...
View ArticleDEM Looking into Narragansett Bay Pollution
Shell fishermen are banned from fishing in the Upper Narragansett Bay. The Department of Environmental Management has found high levels of bacteria in the water.DEM’s Chief of Surface Water Protection,...
View ArticleBay Swim Loses Navy Support
A fundraiser swim across Narragansett Bay is in jeopardy because of federal sequestration. The environmental group Save the Bay says the Navy can no longer help host the summer event that’s been going...
View ArticleAdvocates Gearing Up For Another Try at Plastic Bag Ban
Backers of a plastic bag ban have been busy collecting petition signatures this summer. Environment Rhode Island says it has amassed ten thousand signatures urging the General Assembly to take up the...
View ArticleARRRR - Pirate Broadcast on 102.9FM
UPDATE 11/5: Thanks to a fellow engineer who informed me there is a pirate broadcasting on 102.9FM and that is likely the source of the interference people have reported (see below). Quite possibly...
View ArticleWork Begins On Wastewater Treatment Facility In Johnston
The wastewater coming out of the Central Landfill in Johnston should be a lot cleaner in years to come as a result of action taken Wednesday. It's an ambitious plan to clean up the water that flows...
View ArticleSen. Whitehouse Gives 50th Floor Speech On Climate Change
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has given his 50th floor speech on climate change. Whitehouse has been expounding on climate change on the Senate floor once a week for over a year. In his 50th speech...
View ArticleQuahog Fisherman Pleased With Progress Of Narragansett Bay Cleanup
It’s been a decade since a big fish kill in Greenwich Bay grabbed headlines. It prompted the state to take more action for a healthier upper Narragansett Bay. Local wastewater treatment plants...
View ArticleDebrief: What Does It Mean To Reduce Nitrogen In Narragansett Bay?
Rhode Island is remarkably close to meeting a goal of reducing nitrogen discharged in upper Narragansett Bay by 50 percent. Upgrades at wastewater treatment plants have played a major role in helping...
View ArticleLocal Environmental Leaders Call For Better Water Management
Environmental agency directors and city managers focused on the urgent need to invest in wastewater infrastructure, stormwater management, and flood prevention at a meeting last night.The nonprofit...
View ArticleRI Archaeologists May Partner With Australians To Locate Capt. Cook's Endeavor
An Australian museum official will meet with Rhode Island archaeologists to discuss a way to partner in the search for the wreck of Capt. James Cook's ship Endeavor. British explorer Capt. James Cook...
View ArticleNarragansett Bay Commission Looks For Cheaper, Greener Ways To Finish Sewer...
The Narragansett Bay Commission has started to re-evaluate the third and final phase of the combined sewer overflow project. The project aims to reduce the amount of untreated sewage and polluted...
View ArticleVincent Mesolella reelected chairman of Narragansett Bay Authority
Vincent J. Mesolella has been reelected chairman of the board of commissioners of the Narragansett Bay Commission, the agency that runs sewage treatment facilities in metropolitan Providence...
View ArticleCleanliness Of Narragansett Bay Improving Steadily
"Watershed Counts," a collection of information that focuses on the water quality of the state's beaches, reports that the health of Narragansett Bay is improving. However, the report also monitors the...
View ArticlePublic Forum: How Fisheries Are Adapting To Changes in Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island Public Radio’s Environmental Reporter, Ambar Espinoza will host a public forum and conversation on the changing fisheries in Narragansett Bay.The water in Narragansett Bay is becoming...
View ArticleScott MacKay Commentary: One Square Mile: The History Of Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay has encircled Rhode Island’s history and culture since the colonial era. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay kicks off our One Square Mile series on the bay.Narragansett Bay was ours...
View ArticleOne Square Mile: How The Narragansett Bay Commission Takes Care Of Wastewater
In our series One Square Mile Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Public Radio’s Scott MacKay sits down with Vincent Mesolella, chairman of the Narragansett Bay Commission board, about how the commission...
View ArticleOne Square Mile: The Debate Over Providence's Industrial Waterfront
All this week we’re taking a close look at the Narragansett Bay, for a series we call One Square Mile. Today we look at the heavy industry that relies on the Providence waterfront. Specifically,...
View ArticleOne Square Mile: Open Water Swimming Grows, For Exercise And Community
This week we’re bringing you stories from our series One Square Mile: Narragansett Bay. We’re taking a deep dive into the bay that helps define the Ocean State. Its history. Its present. Its future....
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