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• Documents and Teaching Aids:
  • What is A Watershed Fact Sheet This 2012 PDF document created at URI explains what a watershed is and does.
  • Buckeye Brook Watershed Plan This 2022 document identifies actions to restore water quality and habitat to the Buckeye Brook Watershed and qualified the watershed for grant funding.
  • Greenwich Bay Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) The 2005 Greenwich Bay SAMP, later revised in 2009, is a collaborative effort of citizens, businesses and state and local goverments to form actionable guidelines for the healthy and equitable development and management of activites in a watershed area. Buckeye Brook Watershed was represented by Steve Insana during the two year drafting of the first Greenwich Bay SAMP. The The RI Coastal Resource Management Council Greenwich Bay Special Area Management Plan home page with other supporting documents and information about the Greenwich Bay SAMP and Greenwich Bay found here.
  • A Digital Version of the Greenwich Bay: An Ecological History A booklet from Rhode Island Sea Grant Communications Office - URI and the Greenwich Bay SAMP on the ecological history of the Greenwich Bay area. (note this is a large document so give it a few minutes to download.)
  • Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Bay Team Archives web page is an excellent source of archived documents regarding RI Bay Team Coordination and links to other RI watershed and rivershed councils.
  • Local Tide Charts found at RI Coastal Resource Management Council web site
  • Blue Green Algae Information and other information about local water quality can be found on RI Deparment of Environmental Management's Blue Green Algae page.
• Links to other sites:
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  • The RI Bays, Rivers, and Watersheds Coordination Team is a state interagency commission whose mission is to define and implement interagency policies for the ecosystem-based management and sustainable development of Rhode Island's fresh and marine waters and watersheds.
  • Environment Council of Rhode Island Their mission is to advocate for laws and policies to protect and enhance RI's environment
  • EPA Beach Question Page This page has links which explain how to contact the EPA with various questions and concerns about beach and water quality, trash or debris, storm water run off and septic contaminants.
  • RI Dept of Health Beach Page which identifies RI Beaches with known water quality issues.
  • RI Rivers Council Home Page The RI Rivers Council was created in 1991 by the RI General Assembly to coordinate efforts to improve RI's rivers and watersheds. If you are interested in attending the public meetings, you can find the Rhode Island Rivers Council Meeting Schedule here.
  • The Herring Alliance is a coalition of environmental organizations that formed in May 2007 to protect and restore ocean wildlife and ecosystems in the northeast United States, from Virginia to Maine, by reforming the Atlantic herring fishery. Members like Buckeye Brook Coaltion seek to accomplish this mission through public education, advocacy and support of ecosystem-based fisheries management. You can find more information about the Herring Alliance at the PEW Trust - Herring Alliance page.
  • Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association
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