Big thanks to everyone who showed up on November 2nd to make the Joslin Community Garden Clean Day a huge success! With the help of our awesome volunteers, we tackled garden beds, managed invasive plants, and threw around... Keep reading »
Gianna Lourenco, Youth Education Coordinator, and Tristan Corona, Green Infrastructure Manager, represented the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) at the 2024 Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) Coastal & Estuarine Summit in Washington, D.C. The summit brought together over 300... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) and 15 Minute Field Trips are teaming up this fall to celebrate the Woonasquatucket River Greenway in Johnston, Rhode Island, with two must-join events designed for anyone ready to dive into... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) is proud to collaborate with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to bring the “Fish in the Classroom” program to local students. This unique initiative was recently showcased at a... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was thrilled to host the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and regional leaders on Friday, October 25, for the SOAR Awards press conference, where WRWC was honored as a grant recipient through... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) is thrilled to announce our participation in the upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Woony Adventure Park Phase II, taking place on October 21, 2024, at 4 PM. This exciting event will be... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) is thrilled to announce that we’ve been awarded $298,955 in funding from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) Climate Resilience Fund (CRF). This generous grant will allow us to implement... Keep reading »
Providence is moving forward with an exciting initiative to enhance urban mobility and safety. In 2023, the City was awarded a “Safe Streets for All” grant aimed at designing and constructing over three miles of Urban Trails. This... Keep reading »
Donigian Park Clean Day: A Celebration of Community and Nature On Saturday, October 12th, Donigian Park came alive with the spirit of community as over 50 enthusiastic neighbors gathered for our Donigian Park Clean Day. This collaborative event,... Keep reading »
WRWC’s & RIDOT’s Rhode to Bicycle Safety (R2BS) program kicked off this September for the fall season! This year, the program runs from September 9th through November, reaching schools throughout Rhode Island, including: Hampden Meadows School (Barrington) Fallon... Keep reading »
This past Saturday, WRWC partnered with Zero Waste Providence and Garden Time to join neighbors in an exciting day of revitalization at the Joslin Community Garden in Olneyville. Together, we rolled up our sleeves and cleared an impressive... Keep reading »
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) recently took students from the Environmental Leaders program at The Met School on an eye-opening field trip to the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC). This visit provided students with a firsthand... Keep reading »