Rhode Island Coastal Right-of-Way Cleanup

CRMC, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Save The Bay, and Clean Ocean Access are partnering in this first statewide right-of-way cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. The partners will be at different CRMC ROWs and other ROWs in Rhode Island, and participants are invited to volunteer to clean up these locations, as well as others listed at the links below, on that day.

CRMC and Rhode Island Sea Grant staff will be at the Wilson Park CRMC ROW from 8:00-10:00 a.m.

It is located at the northern end of Intrepid Drive, bordered on three sides by Mill Cove. It's approximately 7.15 acres, and is known as Lot 35 on Assessor’s Plat 118.

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Use the Save The Bay volunteer portal here to sign up for the Wilson Park cleanup.

CRMC and Save The Bay staff will be at the Public Street CRMC ROW in Providence (off Allen’s Avenue) from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

It is located at 80 Public St in Providence.

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Use the Save The Bay volunteer portal here to sign up for the Public Street cleanup.

Save The Bay staff will be at the Atlantic Beach CRMC ROW from 8:00-9:30 a.m.

It is located at 321 Atlantic Ave in Westerly.

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Use the Save The Bay volunteer portal here to sign up for the Atlantic Beach cleanup.

Save The Bay staff will be at Passeonkquis Cove from 10:00-11:30a.m.

It is located at the Passeonkquis Cove Fishing Area at the end of Gaspee Point Drive in Warwick.

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Use the Save The Bay volunteer portal here to sign up for the Passeonquis Cove cleanup.

Clean Ocean Access staff will be at Gull Cove Fishing Area from 12:00-2:00 p.m. to hand out cleanup supplies, and will send volunteers out to nearby CRMC ROWs by Island Park Beach. They have a number of other cleanups slated for different locations in the East Bay this fall:

• 10/2 - Gull Cove Fishing Area, Portsmouth (Waiver)
• 11/6 - Taylors Lane, Little Compton (Waiver)
• 12/4 - Hull Cove, Jamestown (Waiver)

Volunteers must complete the online waiver(s) above which sign them up for the cleanup.

Save The Bay staff will be at the Mount Hope Boat Ramp (will clean up ROWs along King Philips Ave) from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. It is located at 118 Annawamscutt Drive in Bristol.

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Use the Save The Bay volunteer portal here to sign up for the Mount Hope Boat Ramp cleanup.

Bring heavy work gloves if you have them, and dress for the weather and the work. Sturdy shoes or boots are recommended, as well as a hat, sunscreen and bug spray.

If you are doing your own cleanup at a location NOT shared by a CRMC, Save The Bay, or Clean Ocean Access staff member, PLEASE bring your own trash bags and take your bagged garbage with you (if this isn’t possible, you must arrange for removal through the town in which you’re conducting your cleanup).

Clean Swell trash collection mobile app

Join a global movement to keep beaches, waterways and the ocean trash free.

Sign up for an organized cleanup, or clean up independently with family or friends and document collected litter using the Clean Swell App.