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« Business group opposes Providence waterfront plan | Today | ACLU files suit against Providence police » September 13, 2007Grants will help keep pollutants out Narragansett BayThe state’s Department of Environmental Management has awarded nearly $170,000 for seven projects to restore vegetation along rivers, lakes and ponds across the state. The vegetation – also known as a riparian buffer -- will act as a filter removing sediment and other pollutants from water making its way through watersheds to a bigger body of water and, ultimately, into the Bay. “Maintaining riparian buffers in a natural condition is integral to the ecology of natural systems,” DEM Director W. Michael Sullivan said in a statement. The money is part of the $70 million Open Space, Recreation, Bay and Watershed Protection Bond that was approved in 2004. In a statement, Gov. Carcieri said he believes Narragansett Bay is the state’s most valuable resource. “While this work will be performed in communities like East Greenwich and Middletown,” he said, “the benefits of these environmental improvements will be felt throughout Narragansett Bay and throughout all Rhode Island for years to come.” Middletown will get two grants -- $20,000 to remove invasive plants and plant native ones along Bailey Brook, and $39,000 to restore watershed land on the north end of the Bailey Brook watershed. East Greenwich will get $32,000 to build a 50-food wide vegetated buffer an both sides of the peninsula at Maskerchugg Creek and Greenwich Cove. Johnston and Wales University is getting $26,000 to establish a 2-acre vegetated buffer along the Providence/Cranston line. Two grants will go toward restoration at the DEM’s Arcadia Management Area -- $7,700 to restore vegetation along Brook Trail, adjacent to the Wood River and $34,500 for replanting at Beach Pond. The Woonasquatucket Watershed Council is getting $10,000 to restore the vegetation on land owned by the Department of Transportation adjacent to Cutler Brook in Gloucester. Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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