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2024

Warwick Beacon - Septemeber 5, 2024 - Paul Earshaw resigns after 22 years with Buckeye Brook Coalition


2022

The Providence Journal - April 15, 2022 - One fish, two fish: One RI man's mission to count herring and make a difference.

Turn To 10 WJAR - March 28, 2022 - Residents Say Warehouse Development Dear Warwick Pond Will Negatively Impact Environment


2019

Warwick Beacon - February 28, 2019 - Phragmites removal in Buckeye Brook to cost about $825K


2018

ecoRI News - September 1, 2018 - Burst Sewer Pipe Floods Warwick Basements and Brook.

RI Department of Environmental Management - August 31, 2018 - Rhode Island Department of Health Recommends Continued Closure of Conimicut Point Beach Due to Aug 26, 2018 Sewage Spill into Buckeye Brook Watershed area.

Warwick Beacon - August 28, 2018 - Buckeye Brook Coalition: Sewage Discharged Near Cedar Swamp Road

Buckeye Brook Media Release - August 27, 2018 - Aug 26, 2018 Sewage Spill into Buckeye Brook Watershed.


2019

On The Water - February 20, 2015 - River Herring Counting Volunteer Opportunites.

The Providence Journal - March 12, 2015 - Snow melt poses hazard to waterways.


2012

Warwick Beacon Online - August 21, 2012 - Solomon Questions Sale Of 39 School Buses

Warwick Beacon Online - August 21, 2012 - Editorial- One Who Does Care

Providence Journal Bulletin - August 16, 2012 - Maps For Paddling In Rhode Island

Warwick Beacon Online - August 14, 2012 - Council Pushes To Have Old Landfill Capped

Warwick Beacon Online - August 2, 2012 - Runway Safety Areas Considerably More Costly

Warwick Beacon Online - July 19, 2012 - Beach Display Offers Kayakers A Route

Warwick Beacon Online - July 5, 2012 - River Herring Get Protection Avocates

Warwick Beacon Online - June 14, 2012 - Advocates Give Final Push to Protect River Herring

Warwick Beacon Online - June 7, 2012 - The Boat That Didn't Get Away

Warwick Beacon Online - May 31, 2012 - Ride the Tide with Buckeye Brook Coalition

Warwick Beacon Online - May 12, 2012 - With Challenge Lifted, Next Step to Airport Plan is Relocation of Playing Fields

Warwick Beacon Online - May 10, 2012 - Views Mixed on DEM Permit for Airport Glycol

Warwick Beacon Online - May 8, 2012 - Depleted Stocks Could Lead to Endangered Herring

Warwick Beacon Online - May 1, 2012 - DEM Says Airport System to Capture Deicing Fluid Exeeds EPA Demands

Warwick Beacon Online - April 26, 2012 - One Day Blitz

Warwick Beacon Online - April 19, 2012 - Earth Day Cleanup This Weekend

Warwick Beacon Online - April 12, 2012 - Workshop, Hearing Planned on RIAC Deicing System

Warwick Beacon Online - March 28, 2012 - The Hurricane of 1938

Warwick Beacon Online - March 27, 2012 - The Importance of Our River Herring

Warwick Beacon Online - March 27, 2012 - Buckeyes Know Its Spring

Providence Journal Bulletin - March 20, 2012 - Editorial - A Proud Airport Neighbor NIMBY

Warwick Beacon Online - March 15, 2012 - Watershed of Awards

Warwick Beacon Online - March 8, 2012 - In the Circle of Recognition

Warwick Beacon Online - March 6, 2012 - Editorial - RI Biggest Polluter to Expand

Warwick Beacon Online - March 3, 2012 - Earnshaw Calls Runway Plan a Win

Warwick Beacon Online - March 1, 2012 - Council Happy With Outcome

Warwick Beacon Online - March 1, 2012 - Buyouts Part of Airport Accord

Providence Journal Bulletin - February 24, 2012 - Editorial - Why I Oppose Runway Expansion

Providence Journal Bulletin - February 14, 2012 - Editorial - Capture The Glycol At Airport

Providence Journal Bulletin - February 9, 2012 - Editorial - Recycle 100% Of Glycol At Green

Warwick Beacon Online - January 31, 2012 - Union Members Press For Airport Projects

Warwick Beacon Online - January 24, 2012 - Committee and RIAC Meet Behind Closed Doors

Warwick Beacon Online - January 12, 2012 - Council Working On Demands of Airport

Warwick Beacon Online - January 10, 2012 - Board of Directors Member, Lori Insana's Obituary


2011

Warwick Beacon Online - December 29, 2011 - Airport and DEM have an Agreement on Chemical Runoff Into the Brook

Warwick Beacon Online - December 22, 2011 -Pros and Cons Of Airport Aired

Providence Journal Bulletin - December 22, 2011 - RI Airport To Spend $25 Million To Reduce Pollution From Deicer

Warwick Beacon Online - December 15, 2011 - Council To Hear Appeal

Warwick Beacon Online - November 3, 2011 - Chafee Calls Station District

Warwick Beacon Online - October 11, 2011 - Agreement Lacking On How to Reverse Dwindling Herring Stocks

Warwick Beacon Online - October 4, 2011 - Village Celebrates Dam Removal

Warwick Beacon Online - September 27, 2011 - Longer Runway Gets FAA Okay

Warwick Beacon Online - August 18, 2011 - City Mulls Runway Challenge

Warwick Beacon Online - August 9, 2011 - City Cites Shortcomings of Longer Runway

Warwick Beacon Online - July 26, 2011 - City Wants More Runway Analysis

Warwick Beacon Online - June 21, 2011 - Offshore Fishing Cause of Depleted Herring Run

Turn to 10 - March 2, 2011 - Buckeye Brook Coalition Works to Restore Marshland


2010

Warwick Beacon Online - December 28, 2010 - Editorial - Hope for the Herring

Warwick Beacon Online - October 12, 2010 - First Steps Taken to Poison Invasive Wetland Reeds

Warwick Beacon Online - September 28, 2010 - Editorial - In Support of a 'Wild and Scenic' Designation

Warwick Beacon Online - September 21, 2010 - Torgan Praises Coalition for Raising Awareness of Buckeye Brook

Warwick Beacon Online - August 31, 2010 - City Questions Impact of Airport on Buckeye Brook Watershed

Warwick Beacon Online - August 26, 2010 - Buckeye Brook President, Paul Earnshaw Says "No Thanks." to Airport Funding Agreement

Warwick Beacon Online - July 1, 2010 - Buckeye Brook Coalition Seeks Data on Offshore Fishing Fleets

Providence Journal Online - June 3, 2010 - R.I. Blueways Alliance Launches Summer Paddling Trips

Warwick Beacon Online - May 27, 2010 - Winning Science Project Links Airport De-Icing to Brook Pollution

Providence Journal Online - May 14, 2010 - Editorial: Paul H. Earnshaw - River Herring Ravaged by Atlantic Bycatch

Warwick Beacon Online - April 15, 2010 - Cleanup for Mother Earth

Providence Journal Online - January 2, 2010 - Train Station and Runway Plan will Define T.F. Green Airport this Year


2009

Warwick Beacon Online - November 17, 2009 - Remembering Steve Insana Letter to the Editor

Providence Journal Online - October 27, 2009 - Agency at Odds over Airport Expansion Plan

Warwick Beacon Online - September 22, 2009 - Remembering Steve Insana of Buckeye Brook

Warwick Beacon Online - September 15, 2009 - Buckeye Brook Coalition Seeks to Enlist 400 Homeowners

Warwick Beacon Online - September 1, 2009 - Staunch Environmentalist Dies

Warwick Beacon Online - September 1, 2009 - Steven Insana (1963-2009)

Warwick Beacon Online - September 1, 2009 - Steven Insana Obituary

Providence Journal- September 1, 2009 - Steven Insana Obituary

Providence Journal Online - August 31, 2009 - Editorial: Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian - Setting Record Straight on Airport Expansion

Warwick Beacon Online - April 2, 2009 - Early Buckeyes Spawn Hope for a Strong Herring Run

Warwick Beacon Online - March 24, 2009 - Trainings for Buckeye Brook Fish Count to be Held on Thursday

Warwick Beacon Online - February 26, 2009 - Groups Urged to Unite to Save Salt Marshes

Warwick Beacon Online - January 28, 2009 - Remnants of Indian Settlement put Riverview Sewers on Hold


2008

Warwick Beacon Online - November 13, 2008 - Insana Pushing 'Wild & Scenic' Designation for Buckeye Brook

Narragansett Bay Journal - Fall 2008 - A Tale of Two Rivers: Taunton River, Buckeye Brook Seek “Wild and Scenic” Status

RI Department of Environmental Management - July 14, 2008 - RIDEM Quality Assurance Project Plan - Sampling Plan to Characterize Buckeye Brook Biodiveristy Impairment and Potential Causes and/or Pollution Sources Contributing to the Impairment

Warwick Beacon Online - July 10, 2008 - Buckeye Brook gets first 'Look-See' from National Park Service

Warwick Beacon - June 26, 2008 - Editorial: Wild and Scenic in Our Midst

Warwick Beacon - June 19, 2008 - Insana Pushing 'Wild & Scenic' Designation for Buckeye Brook

Warwick Beacon - March 25, 2008 - Trainings for Buckeye Brook fish count to be held Thursday


2007

Warwick Beacon - December 4, 2007 - FAA won't study shorter 8,300-foot runway plan

Warwick Beacon - November 8, 2007 - Brook advocate angered airport still without DEM permit

Warwick Beacon - August 28, 2007 - Former NYC chef to direct Conimicut Village clambake

Warwick Beacon - July 26, 2007 - Clean the Bay removes unsightly debris from local beach

Warwick Beacon - July 10, 2007 - Compost station keeps up with yard waste; 'black gold' always in demand

Warwick Beacon - June 21, 2007 - Buckeye Brook herring run was better this year but numbers are still way down

Warwick Beacon - June 7, 2007 - Editorial: For airport, shorter is better

Warwick Beacon - June 7, 2007 - 1st glimpse of 8,700-foot runway

Providence Journal - May 31, 2007 - Runway extension alternative presented

Warwick Beacon - May 31, 2007 - Citing costs, RIAC trims runway plan

Providence Journal - May 24, 2007 - Avedisian rips study on Green expansion

Warwick Beacon - May 8, 2007, 2006 - Letters To the Editor: Written by COLLINS, SYLVIA - Littering is no small crime

Warwick Beacon - April 26 2007 - Editorial: Adding a touch of green

Providence Journal - April 19, 2007 - City’s Earth Day cleanup a feisty and festive event

Warwick Beacon - April 17, 2007- Fanning out to clean up

Warwick Beacon - April 12, 2007 - Spot Park 1st Mill Cove Conservancy land holding

Providence Journal - April 11, 2007 - Earth Day cleanups scheduled

Providence Journal - March 29, 2007 - Warwick : City girds for legal tussles over T.F. Green

Warwick Beacon - March 10, 2007 - Homes to be lost to longer runway

Providence Journal - March 10, 2007 - Runway plan takes homes, businesses

Warwick Beacon - March 8, 2007 - Despite odor, DEM says they found no de-icer in Buckeye Brook

Warwick Beacon - February 22, 2007 - Study finds longer runway would have adverse impact


2006

Warwick Beacon - November 21, 2006 - Letter to the Editor - Thing of Beauty

Warwick Beacon - November 21, 2006 - Editorial - Minimize Impacts

Warwick Beacon - November 21, 2006 - Green Airport Ready to Capture De-icing fluid, Disputes Permit

Warwick Beacon - November 16, 2006 - Citizens Angered by Limits of Airport Study

Warwick Beacon - October 17, 2006 - Search Yields Lost Cemetery, Connection to Warwick's Past

Warwick Beacon - October 12, 2006 - Energenic Conimicut Group Looks to Renew Village Activities

Warwick Beacon - September 19, 2006 - Lots to Pick Up for Beach Clean Up Crews

Warwick Beacon - September 7, 2006 - Buckeye Brook Coalition to take Part in Audubon Society's International Coastal Clean-up

Warwick Beacon - July 27, 2006 - FAA may look at less than 9,350-foot runway

Warwick Beacon - June 27, 2006 - Environmental threat or esthetic enhancement?

Warwick Beacon - June 22, 2006 - The Alligator Hunter?

Warwick Beacon - May 4, 2006 - Saving Conimicut Salt Marsh before Council

Warwick Beacon - April 27, 2006 - Herring Return to Buckeye Brook

Providence Journal - April 4, 2006 - Herring on the run from inscrutable foe

Warwick Beacon - April 4, 2006 - Trouble? Herring run watched closely

Warwick Beacon - March 30, 2006 - Brook clean-up to offer more than just garbage bags

Warwick Beacon - March 23, 2006 - Buckeye Brook group welcomes DEM ban on herring catch

Providence Journal - March 15, 2006 - City seeks role in Buckeye Brook talks

Providence Journal - March 15, 2006 - FAA gives runway expansion details

Providence Journal - March 1, 2006 - Hearing set on proposed ban on taking herring

Providence Journal - January 31, 2006 - Buckeye Brook pollution issue appears headed to court

Warwick Beacon Online - January 17, 2006 - Rally Around History -Preserving Historical Cemeteries in Warwick


2005

Providence Journal - December 15, 2005 - DEM, airport still wrangling over runoff discharge permit

Providence Journal - December 13, 2005 - De-icer discharge law in place, but enforcement is proving tough

Warwick Beacon - December 6, 2005 - $50,000 EPA grant will assess Buckeye Brook watershed

Providence Journal - December 6, 2005 - Federal funds en route for Buckeye Brook study

Warwick Beacon - November 15, 2005 - Did you hear. A NEW KIND OF HERRING RUN

Warwick Beacon - October 25, 2005 - RIAC steps back, FAA leading airport expansion

Warwick Beacon - October 11, 2005 - Eagle Scout hopeful braves rain to inform people about Buckeye Brook

Warwick Beacon - August 4, 2005 - Disappearance of clams a sign of dying pond?

Providence Journal - May 24, 2005 - A late and limited herring run mirrors problem around region

Warwick Beacon - May 12, 2005 - Lack of herring befuddles bay watchers

Providence Journal - April 12, 2005 - Giving the brook a new look

Rhode Island Monthly Magazine - April 2005 - Buckeye Brook -- Don't Mess With Me: A small brook suffering from too much civilization finds a friend.

Warwick Beacon - February 25, 2005 - Coalition Recruits to Clean Brook, Count Buckeyes

Warwick Beacon - January 6, 2005 - City highway workers remove deer carcasses found near brook


2004

Providence Journal - December 22, 2004 - Airport agency balks at tougher deicer regs

Providence Journal - December 16, 2004 - Buckeye Brook Anti-Dumping Ordinance Approved by Council

Warwick City Ordinace PCO-34-04 Anti-Dumping Ordinace

Providence Journal - June 25, 2004 - Buckeye Brook group now 'official'

Warwick Beacon - May 13, 2004 - Brook Coalition gains watershed designation

Providence Journal - May 7, 2004 - Rhode Island airport, state seen settling wetlands dispute

Warwick Beacon - March 23, 2004 - Defenders of Brook Fear Chemical Release

Conservation Law Foundation - Buckeye Brook: Protecting Rhode Island's Waterways (case 227)


2003

Warwick Beacon Online - June 26, 2003 - Buckeye Brook Coalition will host a cultural history tour

Warwick Beacon - May 22, 2003 - Buckeye Brook Coalition: Glycol killed vegetation, might have hurt run

ABC6 News - May 22, 2003 - T.F. Green drops extension plan for second runway

April 15, 2003 Save The Bay, Airport Corporation Sign Agreement to Protect Buckeye Brook

April 15, 2003 - Conservation Law Foundation and Save Bay file Notice of Intent to sue the Rhode Island Airport Corporation if Buckeye Brook pollution continues

Warwick Beacon February 4, 2003 - Buckeye Brook Coalition Recruits Counters for Spring Herring Run

Warwick Beacon - January 16, 2003 - Wampanoag chief aims to file claim to RI lands


1998 - Prior

EPA: Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program - Rhode Island List of Impaired Waters for 1998

Center for Environmental Education and Information: Rhode Island Threatened Streams

EPA: Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England

• Mays, Marshall & Meier Co.
  
• Truk-Away Landfill