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Watershed Council Office is at 27 Sims Avenue Providence, RI 02909 (next to The Steel Yard) |
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Tel:
401.861.9046
Fax: 401.861.9038 |
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If you have questions about the activities of the Council please contact our Acting Director, Bruce Hooke |
There are lots of events coming up this spring on the river and the greenway!
KaBOOM Playground Build at Merino Park |
 KaBOOM! Playground Build at Merino Park: May 19 and May 21 |
 A scene from the KaBOOM! playground build at Donigian Park in 2004 This playground build is a HUGE community effort! the Watershed Council is partnering with the Providence Parks Department, Councilman Igliozzi, Providence Housing Authority, Weed and Seed, Joslin Community, the Hartford Park Residents Association, Merino Park Steward, and local residents who will help organize the day and help to recruit volunteers for the playground build. FREE T-Shirts, breakfast and lunch plus music and a raffle!! We need 50 volunteers on May 21st from 8am to 3pm for the build and we also need 20 volunteers on May 19 from 8am to 3pm for the preparation day. Where: Merino Park, Providence, off Hartford Ave., just west of the Route 6 overpass west of Olneyville Square (For more details on finding Merino Park, see the Greenway map on the Greenway Project page. Want to help plan the project? Volunteers are also encouraged to be a part of the organizational committees. Conference calls will take place each week for 1 hour on Fridays before 2:00. For more details contact Lisa (see below). If you have questions or to register: Email lisa@woonasquatucket.org or call Lisa at (401) 861-9046. Click Here for a flyer (in PDF format) that you can print, post and distribute! |
| Drawing the Environment - April 1-30 |
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Learn to draw on the Woonasquatucket! Drawing the Environment is an innovative public education project that places the studio classroom directly in the environment where students learn to draw the industrial infrastructures and natural features of the Woonasquatucket environment. Taught by Elaine Smollin, a painter and archaeologist, the drawing program offers perspectives on historic and cultural transformations that are linked to the Woonasquatucket River. This class is open to all ages. When: April 1 - 30, Two-hour sessions may be booked at $50 per participant during the hours of 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM, weekdays. Please inquire about weekends. Questions & Registration: Contact Elaine Smollin at EASmollin@gmail.com or (401) 441-8852. |
| Earth Day Clean-Up - Tuesday, April 22nd, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
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To register: Email rivers@narrabay.com or call NBC at (401) 461-8848. |
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Where: Riverside Mills Park: Directions to Riverside Mills Park (PDF format) More info: Over 80 Wheeler School students, plus neighborhood school groups and volunteers will participate in a Riverside Park Improvement Day - mulching trees, mural painting, fence building, community bulletin board making and more. Carpenters are needed for fence-building. Bring your cordless drills! To register: Sign up to volunteer on our American Rivers web page. Questions? Email lisa@woonasquatucket.org or call Lisa at (401) 861-9046. |
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| Greenway Bike Ride - Wednesday, April 30, 6:00 PM |
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More info: Join us for a 5-mile after-work bike trip along the new paved off-road portion of the Fred Lippitt Woonasquatucket River Greenway. This ride is safe for kids, so bring the whole family! For a map of the bike path see the Greenway page. To register: Email lisa@woonasquatucket.org or call Lisa at (401) 861-9046. |
| Afternoon Paddle on the Lower Woonasquatucket - Saturday, June 28, 2:30 PM |
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Join us for an afternoon canoe trip on the lower Woonasquatucket and see the city from a new angle! We will start at the landing on South Water Street and paddle up the Woonasquatucket River to near Eagle Street before turning around and heading back down to South Water Street. This trip will give you a new perspective on the city as we paddle past some of the mills that built this city as well as through Waterplace Park and past downtown Providence. While this is definitely an urban river, we have seen red-tailed hawks, great blue herons, Peregrine Falcons, and many other birds in this stretch of the river. The complete round trip is about 3 ½ miles. While there is some current in the river in this area it is not enough to make it too hard to paddle upstream if you time the tides right, which are dates our designed to do. We have some canoes and kayaks available so you don't need your own, but if you have your own it will help us if you bring it. If you do bring your own canoe or kayak you MUST bring life jackets for EVERYONE who will be in the boat. Call or email Lisa at the Watershed Council at (401) 861-9046 for details, directions and to sign up. Advance sign-up is required so that we can determine how many boats we need and keep the trip from getting too large. Please note that advanced sign-up is required. |
Where: Woonasquatucket River in Providence
Where: Meet at Riverside Mills Park: 
Where: Meet at Hillside Ave. (off Greenville Ave./Manton Ave.) in Johnston (