Rhode Island State Conservation Committee
RISCC Receives Grant
November 14, 2016

The Rhode Island State Conservation Committee (RISCC) has received a $40,000.00 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation that will enable RISCC and Rhode Island’s three Conservation Districts (Eastern, Northern and Southern) to continue fulfilling and sustaining their mission...

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	RISCC receives grant November 14, 2016
	Wild goose chase April 29, 2016
	NRCS and Rhode Island Conservation Partners Sign Historic Memorandum April 25, 2016
	Filtering Stormwater with Trees: A Case Study (Ecological Landscape Alliance) April 25, 2016
	Moth infestation brings a crowd to hear expert talk (Newport Daily News) April 25, 2016
	Town aims to fool water-fouling geese, one nest at a time April 21, 2016

Wild goose chase
April 29, 2016  |  Todd McLeish

Canada geese are pooping machines. About every four minutes throughout the day they defecate, regardless of where they are and what else they’re doing. As a result, the familiar birds can be a significant cause of water quality degradation in local ponds and a messy p...

Rhode Island State Conservation Committee
NRCS and Rhode Island Conservation Partners
Sign Historic Memorandum
April 25, 2016  | Rhode Island State Office

WARWICK, RI (October 28, 2015) – Recently the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service of Rhode Island (USDA-NRCS) signed an historic Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with six local conservation groups including the RI State Conser...

Northern Rhode Island Conservation Committee
Filtering Stormwater with Trees: A Case Study
(Ecological Landscape Alliance)
April 25, 2016  |  Sandra Tremblay

Last fall, StormTree in partnership with the Northern Rhode Island Conservation District (NRICD) completed the installation of three tree filter systems for stormwater management on the North Scituate village green, the home of the Scituate Art Festival, which draws a...

Eastern Rhode Island Conservation Committee
Moth infestation brings a crowd to hear expert talk
(Newport Daily News)
April 25, 2016  |  Marcia Pobzeznik

TIVERTON — Prudence Island has been hit hard; so have Tiverton, Little Compton and Bristol, but the problem of winter moths deforesting areas will probably get worse before it gets better.  That’s because the only fly known to impact the moth larvae takes years to est...

Eastern Rhode Island Conservation Committee
Town aims to fool water-fouling geese, one nest at a time
April 21, 2016  |  CATHERINE HEWITT Sun Staff Writer

CHARLESTOWN — For the fifth year in a row, town officials and volunteers are working to control the resident Canada goose population by using a humane method known as egg addling or egg oiling. Geese guano contains nitrogen and phosphorus that increase nitrate and bact...