Monitoring Programs by Institution

INSTITUTION Barrington Land Conservation Trust

PROGRAM Daimondback Terrepian Population Study

PURPOSE Establish population information for the Barrington area, and to preserve breeding habitat for

the Diamondback Terrepian

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL spring breeding season

DATES 1990 to present

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Charlotte Sornborger

PARAMETERS MEASURED Diamondback terrepian (mark and recapture)

LOCATION Barrington

NOTES

CONTAC

Charlotte Sornborger

Barrington Land

1 Wildacre Lane

Barrington, RI 02806

Phone (401) 245-8467

Fax

c_sornborger@hotmail.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Brown University

PROGRAM Barrington & Palmer Rivers Monitoring

PURPOSE Monitor physical parameters on a continuous basis

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL Every 15 min.

DATES 1996 to present

DATA

URL

QUALITY automated sampling; std calibration

ACCESS Avai. upon request

PARAMETERS MEASURED salinity, depth, temperature Seabird SeaCat 19s

LOCATION Barr River: North of Rte 114 bridge Palmer River: South of 114 bridge

NOTES Data still being processed as of spring 2001

CONTAC

Dr. Warren Prell

Brown University

Depart. Of Geosciences

POBox 1846

Providence, RI 02912

Phone (401) 863-3221

Fax

warren_prell@brown.edu

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Committee For the Great Salt Pond

PROGRAM Summer on the Water Program

PURPOSE Primarily education, with some identification of "hot spots"

SYSTEM Water, Fauna

INTERVAL 3 times weekly during summer months

DATES 1991 to present

DATA Analog Report

URL http:://blockisland.com/saltpond

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Henry duPont

PARAMETERS MEASURED Water clarity (Secchi), DO (La Motte kit), bird counts (observational),

chemical parameters (kits), benthic fauna (observational from lobster trap

catches)

LOCATION Sites within the Great Salt Pond, Block Island

NOTES Data tends to sporadic in nature, the parameters monitored tend to vary according to the

professional background of the individuals running the program from summer to summer.

CONTAC

Henry duPont

Committee for the Great Salt

283 Ocean Avenue

New Shoreham, RI 02888

Phone (401) 466-5061

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Depart of Nat. Rsces Scnce, URI AES

PROGRAM Water-table Activity in forested wetlands in sthrn RI

PURPOSE Elucidate the influence of wate regime on vegetation structure and floristic composition, tree

growth, and microrelief in red maple (Acer rubrum) swamps and Atlantic white cedar (C.

thyoides) swamps.

SYSTEM Flora

INTERVAL Every 3 weeks btwn mid-April & mid-December

DATES Apr 1976-Dec 1982

DATA Analog Data Sheet

URL

QUALITY N/A

ACCESS

PARAMETERS MEASURED Pstn of grndwtr tble or srface water level w/ respect to grnd srfce

(graduated msring rod insrted into shllw [1.5 m] wells).

LOCATION 12 swamps in Washington Cty; towns included Charlestown, Hopkinton, N. Kingstown,

Richmond, & S. Kingstown

NOTES

CONTAC

Dr. Frank Golet

Depart of Nat Rsces Scnce,

108 Coastal Institute in

1 Greenhouse Rd

Kingston, RI 02881

Phone (401) 874-2916

Fax (401) 874-4561

fgswamps@uri.edu

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Dept. of Defense, U.S. Navy

PROGRAM Superfund

PURPOSE Hazardous waste site clean-up and remediation

SYSTEM Land

INTERVAL quarterly sampling

DATES on going

DATA Analog Report

URL

QUALITY SF QA/QC protocols

ACCESS quarterly reports available to public

PARAMETERS MEASURED groundwater (contaminants), landfill gases.

LOCATION McAlister Point Landfill, Newport, RI; Davisville -

NOTES Superfund monitoring at McAlister Point Landfill and Davisville Landfill. There is also some

superfund activity taking place along sections of the Woonasquatucket River.

CONTAC

Kymberlee Keckler

US EPA, Region 1

1 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02114

Phone (617) 918-1385

Fax

keckler.kymberlee@epa.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION EPA-AED

PROGRAM Aircraft remote sensing for Chlorophyll-a

PURPOSE Develop indicators for nutrient loading for northeast coastal systems.

SYSTEM Water, Flora

INTERVAL Bi-weekly

DATES 2000-2005

DATA Digital Database

URL

QUALITY yes

ACCESS data will be accessable to public

PARAMETERS MEASURED solar radiance, and irradiance,chlorophyll-a, suspended solids,

temperature, salinity

LOCATION Narragansett Bay and coaastl waters

NOTES New AED research program - anticipated start-up: Fall 2001.

CONTAC

Darryl Keith

EPA-AED

27 Tarzwell Drive

Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone (401) 782-3135

Fax (401) 782-3030

keith.darryl@epa.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION EPA-AED

PROGRAM Amphipod Population Study

PURPOSE Determine field demographics for the estuarine amphipod Ampelisca abdita

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL bi-weekly

DATES 1996-2000

DATA Analog Report

URL

QUALITY yes

ACCESS contact PI (Ann Kuhn-Hines)

PARAMETERS MEASURED abundance, length frequency, sex ratio,biomass, and reproductive state.

LOCATION Narrow River

NOTES AED research project.

CONTAC

Ann Kuhn-Hines

EPA-AED

27 Tarzwell Drive

Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone (401) 782-3199

Fax (401) 782-3030

kuhn.anne@epa.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Jamestown Land Trust

PROGRAM Jamestown Bird Survey

PURPOSE Inventory the avian species that breed on and migrate through Jamestown, Rhode Island.

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL varies

DATES ~ 1985

DATA

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Candy Powell

PARAMETERS MEASURED avain species (observation)

LOCATION Jamestown

NOTES This entry is incomplete, and may contain errors. It will be updated as direct contact is made

with the program coordinator.

CONTAC

Candy Powell

Jamestown Land Trust

Jamestown, RI 02832

Phone (401) 423-1492

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Jamestown Land Trust

PROGRAM Jamestown Land Trust

PURPOSE Inventoring the birds of Jamestown

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL Varies

DATES 1985

DATA

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Candy Powell

PARAMETERS MEASURED Avian inventory (observation)

LOCATION Jamestown

NOTES This entry is incomplete, and may contain errors. More complete information to follow.

CONTAC

Candy Powell

Jamestown Land Trust

Jamestown, RI 02835

Phone (401) 423-1492

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Massachusetts Audubon Society

PROGRAM Smithfield HS/Blackstone Rv Watershed Education Project

PURPOSE To conduct biological tests on the Blackstone and Woonasquatucket Rivers.

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL At least 3 times during the academic year

DATES 1992 to present

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Donna Williams

PARAMETERS MEASURED Water Temperature (thermometer), DO (Hach Kit) pH (Hach Kits), BOD

(Hach kit), Turbidity, Nitrogen Phosphorus

LOCATION Blackstone and Woonasquatucket Rivers

NOTES This Mass Audubon program coordinates monitoring conducted by high school students at

Smithfield High School (contact Holly Martin, phone 401-949-2050) and Tolman High School in

Pawtucket (contact Julie Goulet, phone 401-729-6400).

CONTAC

Donna Williams

Massachusetts Audubob

314 Massasoit Rd.

Worcester, MA 01604

Phone (508) 753-6087

Fax

dwilliams@massaudubon.org

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Moses Brown and Wheeler Schools

PROGRAM Moshassuck River Monitors

PURPOSE Educational primarily

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL Four times a year

DATES 1997 to present

DATA

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Rob Brown

PARAMETERS MEASURED Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, BOD, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and

LOCATION Mosshasuck River

NOTES

CONTAC

Rob Brown

Wheeler School

216 Hope Street

Providence, RI 02906

Phone (401) 831-7350

Fax (401) 751-7674

RBrownCHOP@aol.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Multi Agency/Institution Effort Coord. by

PROGRAM Volunteer DO Night Survey

PURPOSE To measure overnight decreases in DO across upper half of Narr. Bay during neap tides

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL 2 X yr.

DATES 1999 to present

DATA Digital Database

URL

QUALITY YSI recommended QA/QC data is reviewed by 3 people

ACCESS not currently available

PARAMETERS MEASURED DO, depth,temperature, salinity by meter and location by GPS

LOCATION 110 sites first sampling event in 1999, 95 sites second sampling event in 1999 and 80

sites in 2000

NOTES Data is still being analyzed. Half of it is in digital format and the other half is hard copy.

CONTAC

Christopher Deacutis

RIDEM

RI Narr. Bay Estuary Program

235 Promenade Street

Providence, RI 02908

Phone (401) 222-4700

Fax (401) 222-3564

deacutis@etal.uri.edu

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION National Audubon Soc. & Cornell Lab of

PROGRAM Bird Source

PURPOSE To promote conservation and environmental science, and to develop a long-term record of

bird populations in North America

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL varies

DATES

DATA Other (Describe in Notes)

URL http://birdsource.cornell.edu/index.html

QUALITY

ACCESS http://birdsource.cornell.edu/index

PARAMETERS MEASURED avian species (observation)

LOCATION nationwide

NOTES This information was generated from the Bird Source website, developed and managed by the

Naitonal Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

CONTAC

BirdSource (Audubon and

., . 00000

Phone (000) 000-0000

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION National Park Service

PROGRAM Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor

PURPOSE Primarily educational, operated through Woonsocket High School

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL 3 days weekly during school year

DATES ~1998

DATA

URL http://www.nps.gov/blac/home.htm

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Dan Meharg

PARAMETERS MEASURED water quality

LOCATION 3 Blackstone River Valley sites

NOTES

CONTAC

Dan Meharg

Blackstone Valley National

One Depot Square

Woonsocket, RI 02895

Phone (401) 762-0250

Fax

Dan_Meharg@nps.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION National Park Service

PROGRAM Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor

PURPOSE Educational

SYSTEM Misc

INTERVAL varies

DATES

DATA

URL http://www.nps.gov/blac/home.htm

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact program coordinator

PARAMETERS MEASURED Vary according to project

LOCATION Blackstone River Valley sites

NOTES

CONTAC

Dan Meharg

Blackstone Valley National

One Depot Square

Woonsocket, RI 02895

Phone (401) 762-0250

Fax

Dan_Meharg@nps.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NBC

PROGRAM Providence River Sampling

PURPOSE to assess the water quality of the Providence River

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL weekly

DATES 2000 to present

DATA Digital Database

URL narrabay.com

QUALITY QA/QC protocol and standard methods

ACCESS available upon request

PARAMETERS MEASURED fecal coliform, total/diss. Metals, TSS, TKN, TP, NH3, pH, temp., DO,

LOCATION 11 sites on river

NOTES Data will be available on web site end of summer 2001

CONTAC

Sharon Pavignano

NBC

Bucklin Point Facility

102 Campbell Avenue

Rumford, RI 02916

Phone (401) 222-4068

Fax (401) 222-2807

spavignano@narrabay.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NBC

PROGRAM Regional River Fecal Monitoring

PURPOSE To assess status of rivers that are effected by the NBC's wastewater systems in relation to

bacterial contamination

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL weekly

DATES 1998 to present

DATA Digital Database

URL narrabay.com

QUALITY QA/QC protocol and standard methods

ACCESS available upon request

PARAMETERS MEASURED fecal coliform

LOCATION 21 stations on the Moshassuck, Blackstone, Woonasquatucket, West and Providence

NOTES NBC has been conducting sampling and monitoring since 1998. For ten years prior to 1998,

ESS was responsible for sampling and analysis. Data will be available on web site by end of

summer 2001.

CONTAC

Sharon Pavignano

NBC

Bucklin Point Faciltiy

102 Campbell Avenue

Rumford, RI 02916

Phone (401) 222-4068

Fax (401) 222-2807

spavignano@narrabay.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NBC

PROGRAM Seekonk River Monitoring

PURPOSE To assess water quality of the Seekonk River

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL weekly

DATES 2000 to present

DATA Digital Database

URL narabay.com

QUALITY QA/QC protocol and standard methods

ACCESS available upon request

PARAMETERS MEASURED fecal coliform, total/diss metals, TSS, TKN, TP, NH3, pH, temp, DO,

LOCATION 9 sites on river

NOTES data will be available on web site by end of summer 2001

CONTAC

Sharon Pavignano

NBC

Bucklin Point Facility

102 Campbell Avenue

Rumford, RI 01916

Phone (401) 222-4068

Fax (401) 222-2807

spavignano@narrabay.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NBC

PROGRAM Ten Mile River Sampling

PURPOSE To asses the water quality status of the Ten Mile River

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL monthly

DATES 2000 to present

DATA Digital Database

URL narrabay.com

QUALITY QA/QC protocol and standard methods

ACCESS available upon request

PARAMETERS MEASURED Fecal coliform, total/ diss. metals, TSS, TKN, TP, NH3, pH, temp

LOCATION 8 stations on the river

NOTES All station are downstream of NBC facilities. Data will be on website by end of summer 2001.

CONTAC

Sharon Pavignano

NBC

Bucklin Point Facility

102 Campbell Avenue

Rumford, RI 02916

Phone (401) 222-4068

Fax (401) 222-2807

spavignano@narrabay.com

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NMFS S/K; CMER; RI Sea Grant

PROGRAM Lobster Tagging Program

PURPOSE Acquire information on growth, egg extrusion, shell disease, migration & survival for

American lobster.

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL Daily, as encountered

DATES 1994-2003

DATA Digital GIS Coverage

URL None

QUALITY Training wkshops,

ACCESS Available

PARAMETERS MEASURED Tag/recapture using number floy anchor tags. Condition & carapace size

recorded.

LOCATION Narr Bay, RI Sound, BL Sound, Offshore Canyon

NOTES Merges several programs: N Cape Lobster Restoration monitoring (2001-2003), RI

Lobstermens' Assoc. Tagging Prgm. (1999-2001); URI Tagging Program (1994-1999). Data

also avai in Excel spreadsheets. Commercial lobstermen responsible for sampling

CONTAC

Kathleen Castro

Fisheries Center, URI

East Farm

Kingston, RI 02874

Phone (401) 874-5063

Fax (401) 789-8930

kcastro@uri.edu

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NOAA

PROGRAM The National Status and Trends Program

PURPOSE Determine the status and trends in environmental quality of the Nations estuarine and

coastal waters.

SYSTEM Water, Fauna

INTERVAL bi-annual

DATES 1984- on-going

DATA Digital Database

URL http://ccmaserver.nos.noaa.gov/NSandT

QUALITY QA/QC protocols in place

ACCESS public access- world wide web

PARAMETERS MEASURED Sediment chemistry:PAHs, PCBs, pesticides,toxic elements,clostridum

perfringens spores,TOC, grain size Fish: liver-pcbs,pesticides,trace

elements, Bile-flurescent aromatic compounds,

stomach-pcbs,pesticides,toxic elements,PAHs, Fish- biologyage,length,

gross pathology,liver anf kidney leisons, stomach content taxonomy.

LOCATION Mt.Hope Bay,Prudence Island, Dyer Island, Dutch island, Patience Island, Conanicut Island

NOTES The NS&T program is comprised of 7 components: Mussel Watch, Benthic Surveillance,

Bioeffects Survey, Historial Trends, Coastal Contamination Assessment, Quality Assurance,

and Specimen Banking.

CONTAC

Tom O'Connor

NOAA

1305 East West Hwy

Silver Springs,, MD 20910

Phone (301) 713-3028

Fax (301) 713-4388

Tom.Occonor@Noaa.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NOAA/NMFS

PROGRAM NOAA Restoration Center Programs

PURPOSE Provides damage assessment and restoration projects for ecosystems impacted by oil spills

and contaminant releases (e.g. North Cape oil spill, lobster and shell fish restoration)

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL variable

DATES 2000-2004

DATA Analog Report

URL www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration

QUALITY unknown

ACCESS limited

PARAMETERS MEASURED Population dynamics for commercial marine resources (lobsters,bay

csallops,oysters,finfish)

LOCATION RI coastal waters (offshore and salt ponds)

NOTES Cuurently three restoration projects on-going in RI Lobster restoration (North Cape Oil Spill),

Bay scallop and oyster restoration (Salt Ponds), Anadromous fish tagging. (Alewife, bluebck

CONTAC

Jim Turek

NOAA/NMFS

Tarzwell Drive

Narragansett, RI 02881

Phone (401) 782-3338

Fax

james.g.turek.noaa.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NOAA/NMFS , EPA, RIDEM, URI

PROGRAM Narragansett Bay Window

PURPOSE Monitoring in support of coastal resource management- enhance fish stock assessment,

recreational use of Bay, improve commercial fish catch.

SYSTEM Water, Fauna, Flora

INTERVAL Monthly - Trawled array; Continuous-fixed array

DATES 1998- on-going

DATA Digital Database

URL

QUALITY QA/QC protocols in place

ACCESS Public Acces-World Wide Web

PARAMETERS MEASURED CTD, Fl uorometer, DO, PAR,optical plankton counter,continous plankton

recorder (Nu Shuttle), Sediment chemistry, primary productivity, benthic

community structure and function.

LOCATION Fixed stations in the Bay and Bay transects-70 mile Bay circuit.

NOTES This program is a true collaboration between Federal Agencies (NOAA/NMFS, EPA), RIDEM,

URI, Sea Grant,Narragansett Bay Estuaries Program,National Estuarine Research Reserve,

Roger Williams College, and Brown University.

CONTAC

Mark Berman

Tarzwell Drive

Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone (401) 782-3100

Fax

mberman@mola.na.nmfs.gov

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION NOAA/RIDEM

PROGRAM National Estuarine Reserve System: Narragansett Bay, RI

PURPOSE Long term monitoring of Estuarine water quality and related bio-indicators. 26 estuaries

throughout the nation participate in this program

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL continous at 30 minute intervals.

DATES 1980- on-going

DATA Digital Database

URL www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/reserves/nernarraganset

QUALITY QA/QC protocols in place

ACCESS public access -world wide web

PARAMETERS MEASURED Water quality measurements include: temperature,salinity, disolved

oxygen, depth, turbidity, and chlorophyl.

LOCATION Potters Cove, T-Warf (Prudence Island)

NOTES DO surveys for Narragansett Bay are also conducted under this program.

CONTAC

Roger Greene

RIDEM

55 South Reserve Drive

Prudence Island, RI 02872

Phone (401) 683-6780

Fax (401) 682-1936

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Norman Bird Sanctuary

PROGRAM Norman Bird Sanctuary

PURPOSE Educational - Amphibian monitoring; for management purposes - grassland avian nesting

species; for marshland restoration - marshland survey,

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL Varies with program

DATES 1995 to present for grassland study

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL http://www.normanbirdsanctuary.org/home.shtml

QUALITY Varies with program

ACCESS Contact sanctuary

PARAMETERS MEASURED Vary with types of monitoring efforts

LOCATION Various sites on Middletown sanctuary

NOTES One of two sites for Bioblitz 2001 Fall, marshland monitoring starting fall of 2001, grassland

avian study has been going on since 1995.

CONTAC

Veronica Hinds

Norman Bird Sanctuary

583 Third Beach Rd

Middletown, RI 02842

Phone (401) 846-2577

Fax (401) 846-2772

vhinds@normanbirdsanctuary

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Pawtuxet River Authority

PROGRAM Pawtuxet River Authority

PURPOSE Environmental enducation, and to measure water quality for watershed management and

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL Monthly-year round

DATES 1994 to present

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL www.pawtuxet.org

QUALITY

ACCESS Contact Guy Lafebvre

PARAMETERS MEASURED Temperature, pH, DO, flow/water level, hardness.

LOCATION 12 Stations along the Pawtuxet River

NOTES

CONTAC

Guy Lefebvre

Pawtuxet River Authority

Box 336

West Warwick, RI 02893

Phone (401) 739-7635

Fax (401) 736-7635

guylefebvre@pawtuxet.org

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Pine Point School

PROGRAM Pine Point School, Oceanology Program

PURPOSE 1. To involve students in monitoring local estuaries, 2. To engage students in real-world

science, 3. To have the students' efforts contribute ot the overall body of data that is a

vailable to other organizations and angencies, and 4. To give students an understanding of

field experiences and the follow-up lab work with anaysis of the data

SYSTEM Water, Flora, Fauna

INTERVAL annual

DATES Fall 1988 - on-going

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL n/a

QUALITY

ACCESS yes

PARAMETERS MEASURED Salinity and Temperature are measured at each meter; Dissolved Oxygen

is measured at the surface and bottom; Current Speed and direction;

Water visibility; Water color; Sediment type; Nutrients = phophates and

nitrates; Coliform colonies; Benthic life = plant and animal; Planktonic Life

LOCATION Pawcatuck Estuary; Little Narragansett Bay; Mystic Estuary

NOTES

CONTAC

Alan Banister

Pine Point School

89 Barnes Road

Stonington, CT 06378

Phone (860) 535-0881

Fax (869) 535-8033

pbanister@snet.net

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Pokanoket Watershed Alliance

PROGRAM Runnins River Monitoring

PURPOSE To assess conditions in the lower Runnins River and Hundred Acre Cove

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL monthly

DATES 1991 - ongoing

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL 0

QUALITY 0

ACCESS DEM TMDL program has this data - Heidi Travers

PARAMETERS MEASURED Bacteria; pH (lab analysis), clarity(Secchi disk); temperature

LOCATION Six stations in the lower Runnins River (MA/RI) and Hundred Acre

NOTES

CONTAC

Bruce Tanner

0, RI 00000

Phone (401) 433-2908

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Pokanoket Watershed Alliance

PROGRAM Runnins River Task Force

PURPOSE To identify and mitigate sources of bacterial contamination to the Runnins River

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL .

DATES ~1994

DATA

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS

PARAMETERS MEASURED Fecal coliform

LOCATION Multiple sites on the Runnins River

NOTES

CONTAC

Carolyn Faulhaber

Pokanoket Watershed

1 Craig Drive

Barrington, RI 02806

Phone (401) 245-3036

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Providence Plan

PROGRAM Woonasquatucket River Greenway

PURPOSE Environmental education

SYSTEM Water, Fauna

INTERVAL .

DATES anticipated start was 1998

DATA

URL

QUALITY

ACCESS

PARAMETERS MEASURED DO, Salinity, habitat assessments

LOCATION Woonasquatucket River

NOTES

CONTAC

Jane Sherman

Providence Plan

56 Pine Street

Providence, RI 02903

Phone (401) 455-8880

Fax (401) 331-6840

jsherman@providenceplan.or

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Prudence Island Conservancy and NBNERR

PROGRAM Prudence Island Conservancy Citizens Monitoring Program

PURPOSE Develop baseline data and water quality trends on Prudence Island.

SYSTEM Water

INTERVAL Weekly, Year round

DATES 1989 to present

DATA Digital Spreadsheet

URL not available

QUALITY Standard Methods

ACCESS Contact Dr. Kenny Rapoza

PARAMETERS MEASURED Air Temperature (weather station), Wind (weather station), Water

Temperature (Hyrdolab meter), Rainfall (chart recorder), pH (benchtop

meters), Dissolved Oxygen (Hyrdolab meter and La Motte Kits), water

clarity (Secchi), and Salinity (Hydrolab meter).

LOCATION Potter Cove and South Prudence T-Warf

NOTES Sea-truthing monitoring program associatied with The National Esturary Research Reserve

Program (NERR).

CONTAC

Dr. Kenny Rapoza

NBNERR

Prudence Conservancy

0113 Mount Pleasant Ave.

Prudence Island, RI 02872

Phone (401) 683-6780

Fax (401) 682-1936

Kenny@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Ray Vincent

PROGRAM Rhode Island Bristol County Observer Network (RIBCON)

PURPOSE Measure and record weather data of local weather patterns in Rhode Island and Bristol

County, Massachusetts

SYSTEM Climate

INTERVAL Daily, year round

DATES 1992 to present

DATA Analog Report

URL

QUALITY Standard

ACCESS Membership in network ($12 fee)

PARAMETERS MEASURED Air temperature (thermometer), wind speed/direction (wind vane and

anemometer), precipitation (rain gauge, ruler for snow?)

LOCATION Throughout RI and Bristol County, MA

NOTES This weather monitoring network produces monthly reports sent to all members of the network

(whether you collect data or not). An annual fee of $12 covers postage and coping costs.

CONTAC

Ray Vincent

RIBCON

13 Kenyon Street

Providence, RI 02930

Phone (401) 421-8382

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Ray Vincent

PROGRAM RIBCON - Rhode Island Bristol County Network

PURPOSE Develop baseline data of local weather patterns in Rhode Island and Bristol County,

Massachusetts

SYSTEM Climate

INTERVAL daily

DATES ~1990

DATA Analog Report

URL

QUALITY Standard

ACCESS Membership in network ($11 fee)

PARAMETERS MEASURED Air temperature (thermometer), wind speed/direction, precipitation (rain

gauge, ruler for snow?)

LOCATION Throughout RI and Bristol County, MA

NOTES This weather monitoring network produces monthly reports sent to all members of the network

(whether you collect dat or not). An annual fee of $11 covers postage and coping costs.

CONTAC

Ray Vincent

RIBCON

Providence, RI 00000

Phone (401) 421-8382

Fax

_______________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTION Raytheon Corporation

PROGRAM Raytheon Employees Wildlife Habitat Committee

PURPOSE To develop a comprehensive habitat management plan for Raytheon's Portsmouth campus,

with special emphasis on increasing biodiversity and enhancing and maintaining native

SYSTEM Fauna

INTERVAL Year round

DATES October 1999 to present

DATA Other (Describe in Notes)

URL http://rewhc.org/home.shtml

QUALITY In consultation with a variety of professional

ACCESS Available on the website

PARAMETERS MEASURED Fauna and flora inventories (surveys)

LOCATION Multiple sites throughout the Portsmouth campus

NOTES This project is in coordination with Wildlife Habitat Council (Silver Spring, Maryland), which

assists corporations with developing comprehensive wildlife management plans for their

corporate campuses. Data is availabe in multiple formats on the web

CONTAC

Elizabeth Ripa

Raytheon Employees Wildlife

Rte 138

Portsmouth, RI 02871

Phone (401) 842-2350

Fax