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Restoration Planning Efforts

Partner Organizations

The Rhode Island Habitat Restoration Team

The Rhode Island Habitat Restoration Team is a group of representatives from state and federal agencies and non-profit organizations coordinated by the RI Coastal Resources Management Council.  The Team’s purpose is to improve Rhode Island’s environment by facilitating restoration of the state’s habitats.  This includes restoration planning and prioritization, project implementation, technical assistance, public outreach and education, monitoring, research and leveraging resources.

The RI Habitat Restoration Team meets twice annually.  These meetings serve as an opportunity for the restoration community to share information about individual projects, funding opportunities, policy and planning efforts, and to identify gaps where resources are needed.  A set of independent subcommittees and working groups address specific habitat types.  (See Restoration Planning Efforts below).

Calendar of Events

Recent and Upcoming Events

Habitat Restoration Team Meeting
10:00 a.m. July 20, 2011 at Save the Bay
Agenda
Meeting Notes

Restoration Planning Efforts

Rhode Island Rivers Restoration Working Group
Contact: Tom Ardito, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program tom@gso.uri.edu
Rachel Calabro, Save the Bay rcalabro@savebay.org
http://www.nbep.org/riverworkinggroup.html

Eelgrass Mapping Task Force
Contact:  Marci Cole, Save the Bay mcole@savebay.org
http://www.savebay.info/Eelgrass_MappingReport.pdf

Freshwater Wetlands Restoration Strategy Working Group
Contact: Carol Murphy, RI DEM  Carolyn.Murphy@dem.ri.gov
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/wetlands/rsdev.htm

Forest Health Works and Rhody Native Project
Contact: Hope Leeson, RI Natural History Survey  hleeson@rinhs.org
http://www.rinhs.org/what-we-do/fhwp/
http://www.rinhs.org/what-we-do/fhwp/rhode-island-native-initiative/

Shellfish Restoration Working Group
Contact: David Beutel, RI CRMC  dbeutel@crmc.ri.gov

Partner Organizations

Federal Agencies:

• NOAA Restoration Center
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Army Corps of Engineers

State Agencies and Organizations

• RI Coastal Resources Management Council
• RI Department of Environmental Management
• Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
• Narragansett Bay Commission

Non-Profit Organizations and Educational Institutions

• Save the Bay
• The Nature Conservancy
• Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership
• RI Natural History Survey
• Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
• Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
• Blackstone Parks Conservancy

 

For more information on the RI Habitat Restoration Team, please contact Caitlin Chaffee at cchaffee@crmc.ri.gov