WELCOME to Ava Larson!  We are so excited to announce that URI Watershed Watch has hired a new research associate to help with lab analyses and overall program support. Please introduce yourself to Ava when you see her at a water collection.

The second round of samples for the 2026 monitoring season are wrapped up. We’ll be starting the third round of samples the first week of July! Wondering when you should bring yours in? Check out the labels on your bottles or “Monitoring Schedules” to learn more… And please contact us if the scheduled time doesn’t work with your schedule.

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.

Happy Summer!! 

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