The second round of samples for the 2026 monitoring season are starting to come in the first week of June! Wondering when you should bring yours in? Check out the labels on your bottles or “Monitoring Schedules” to learn more…

Thank you for your support. While we didn’t get the most donors of the Cooperative Extension programs on URI’s Day of Giving on April 28, 2026, we did get great support. We can’t thank you enough for your hard work and financial support! You humble us.

RI Department of Environmental Management has posted updated maps of sites with aquatic invasive plants and Asian clams.

We had our first HABs advisory of 2026.  To learn more these blooms or current advisories posted to warm of potential harm if you swim in a particular place, check out our HABs resource page. 

Want to see more about HABS? Check out this Self Magazine article that features URIWW: https://www.self.com/story/toxic-blue-green-algae

Photo of E.Torello on Potter Pond in South Kingstown, RI; photo by B. McCusker