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Our 2026 monitoring season starts the week of May 6th for the 2026 season! Wondering when you should begin? Check out “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.
That year’s warm weather brought harmful algal blooms to many of our sites. 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