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Remove All Obstructions: The Long, Slow Road to Restoring Rhode Island’s Rivers
By     |    Nov 16, 2015
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Uncategorized, URI Coastal Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, White Rock Dam, Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, WPWA     |    No Comments

Remove All Obstructions: The Long, Slow Road to Restoring Rhode Island’s Rivers

There are roughly 800 dams still in existence in the tiny state of Rhode Island,  some of which date back to the colonial era. Read about the work being done to restore the rivers they stopped to their original state in a story that I wrote for 41°N magazine, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island. remove_all_obstructions_2015

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Fly like an Eagle: The Surge of an American Icon
By     |    Feb 25, 2015
Posted in: ASRI, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Kettle Pond, land trust, National Audubon Society, Natural Science, Ocean State Bird Club, Outdoor writing, Rhode Island DEM, RINHS, The Nature Conservancy, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Uncategorized, US Fish and Wildlife, USFW, Wildlife Rehabilitators of Rhode Island, Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, WPWA     |    No Comments

Fly like an Eagle: The Surge of an American Icon

Note one: Unlike my other stories, none of the photos here were taken by me. I have noted sources of each. Note two: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2015 edition of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Report. Along the Seekonk River, the wind sweeps bitterly cold air into the cloudy day. If it was chilly and breezy inland, it’s downright windy and freezing here. This is an […]

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REMOVING DAMS TO RESTORE NATURE
By     |    Dec 16, 2014
Posted in: Dam removal, land trust, Natural Science, Rhode Island DEM, RINHS, The Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife, USFW, Westerly, White Rock Dam, Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, WPWA     |    No Comments

REMOVING DAMS TO RESTORE NATURE

It seemed like the right move at the time. Big factories like textile mills in the 18th and 19th centuries needed power, and when there was no such thing as electricity, there was one major source: water. Use the power at hand to make a factory generate products. Build a factory by a river. Dam the river, turn it, shape it, bend it to the needs and turn that enormous […]

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