{"id":10639,"date":"2019-12-10T11:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch-draft\/?page_id=10639"},"modified":"2023-02-09T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:16:27","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/about\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\">Partners<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11586 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-364x469.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical-500x644.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/watershedwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1667\/training-pic-by-Eliz-cropped-vertical.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>The URI Watershed Watch program is a partnership between the URI Cooperative Extension, the State of Rhode Island, and many local organizations.&nbsp; Our long-term success is due to these partnerships.&nbsp; These partners provide financial and in-kind support, assist with volunteer recruitment and management, help interpret and disseminate monitoring information, and guide program improvements.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Major Program Sponsors<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">URI Cooperative Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">URI Department of Natural Resources Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dem.ri.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Municipalities<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Many Conservation Commissions, boards and departments support volunteer monitoring with URI Watershed Watch.&nbsp; &nbsp;Their decisions and policies on water quality issues rely on this data.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #555555;font-family: Lato, Hind, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400\">*Year indicates when sponsorship began (and in some cases when it ended)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burrillville.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burrillville<\/a>, 1999<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/charlestownri.gov\/\">Charlestown<\/a>, 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coventryri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coventry<\/a>, 1991<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.GlocesterRI.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glocester<\/a>, 1992<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northkingstown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Kingstown<\/a>, 1989<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pawtucketri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pawtucket<\/a>, 1992 &#8211; 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsmouthri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portsmouth<\/a>, 1997<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithfieldri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smithfield<\/a>, 1990<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southkingstownri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Kingstown<\/a>, 1990 &#8211; 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiverton.ri.gov\/boards\/harborcommission.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tiverton<\/a>, 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofwarren-ri.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warren<\/a>, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warwickri.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warwick<\/a>, 1995<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgtownri.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Greenwich<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voluntown.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voluntown&nbsp;<\/a>CT, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Environmental and Sporting Organizations<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Watershed organizations and other environmental or sporting organizations are important local sponsors and partners, as well as frequently the most effective users of the data.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #555555;font-family: Lato, Hind, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400\">*Year indicates when sponsorship began (and in some cases when it ended)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buckeyebrook.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buckeye Brook Coalition<\/a>, 2004<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nslandalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citizens&#8217; Land Alliance<\/a>, North Stonington, CT, 1989<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cushinc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clean Up Sound &amp; Harbors<\/a> (CUSH), Stonington, CT, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgspblockisland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Committee for the Great Salt Pond<\/a>, Block Island, 2001<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiseagrass.org\/\">Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition (NY)<\/a>, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canonchet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friends of Canonchet Farms<\/a>, 2011 &#8211; 2012<\/li>\n<li>Friends of Hunt River Watershed, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofthesaugatucket.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of the Saugatucket<\/a>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenshed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenwich Bay Watershed Group<\/a>, 2005<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/narragansett.tu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narragansett Chapter, Trout Unlimited<\/a>, 1995<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.narrowriver.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narrow River Preservation Association<\/a> (NRPA), 1992<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ri.surfrider.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhode Island Chapter, Surfrider Foundation<\/a>, 2000<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jellywatch.org\/node\/3485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhode Island Jelly Watch<\/a>, 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pawtuxet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pawtuxet River Authority<\/a>, 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormwaterinnovation.org\">Providence Stormwater Innovation Center<\/a>, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Quonset Development Corp (Hunt River), 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsnwrofri.org\/\">Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of RI<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/sachuest_point\/\">Sachuest Point<\/a> , 2015 &#8211; 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saltpondscoalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salt Ponds Coalition<\/a>, 1998<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savebristolharbor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save Bristol Harbor<\/a>, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Shellfish Restoration Foundation of Rhode Island, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sricd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern Rhode Island Conservation District<\/a>, 2005<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormwaterinnovation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Providence Stormwater Innovation Center<\/a>,&nbsp; 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewatchhillconservancy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Watch Hill Conservancy<\/a>, 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/trustom_pond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>, 2008 &#8211; 2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/westerlylandtrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westerly Land Trust<\/a>, 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpwa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association<\/a>, 1988<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrwc.org\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council<\/a>, 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Indian Tribes<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #555555;font-family: Lato, Hind, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400\">*Year indicates when sponsorship began (and in some cases when it ended)<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/narragansettindiannation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narragansett Indian Tribe<\/a>, 1990<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Waterside Residents and Organizations<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;font-family: Lato, Hind, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400\">*Year indicates when sponsorship began (and in some cases when it ended)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 20px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonnetshores.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bonnet Shores Fire District<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">, 1998<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boonelakeri.org\/\">Boone Lake Dam Management District<\/a>, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064626164551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bowdish Lake Association<\/a>, 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.provgardener.com\/org\/georgiaville-pond-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georgiaville Pond Association<\/a>, 1999<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonspond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson&#8217;s Pond Civic Association<\/a>, 2000<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keechpond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keech Pond Association<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locustvillepond.org\">Locustville Pond Improvement Association<\/a>, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Long Pond Neighbors, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Matunuck Hills residents, 1991<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/prdmd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pascoag Reservoir Association<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sanddamreservoirassociation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sand Dam Association<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slacksreservoir.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slack&#8217;s Reservoir Association<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li>Silver Lake residents, 1993 &#8211; 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/544368365975728\/\">Snow&#8217;s Pond Association<\/a>, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Spring Lake Association, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stonebridgefd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stone Bridge Fire District<\/a>, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breezylake.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upper Dam Pond Conservation Association<\/a>, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\">Local, Regional and National Partnerships<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>These are other organizations with which URI WW works to provide a variety of services, exchange information and share resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbep.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narragansett Bay Estuary Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/wicp\/acwi\/monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Water Quality Monitoring Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nalms.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North American Lake Management Society <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/necnalms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Chapter (NEC-NALMS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stlri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save The Lakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/owowwtr1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Office of Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteermonitoring.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Volunteer Water Monitoring Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners The URI Watershed Watch program is a partnership between the URI Cooperative Extension, the State of Rhode Island, and many local organizations.&nbsp; 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