DEM AND WOONASQUATUCKET WATERSHED COUNCIL TO HOST OCTOBER 21 GREENSPACE PROJECT MEETING FOR GLOCESTER RESIDENTS

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RI Department of Environmental Management
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For Release:	October 16, 2003
Contact:	Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402 Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM AND WOONASQUATUCKET WATERSHED COUNCIL TO HOST OCTOBER 21 GREENSPACE PROJECT MEETING FOR GLOCESTER RESIDENTS
Public Invited to Presentation on Glocester's Natural, Cultural and Recreational Resources and Planning Strategies for Conservation

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council will hold the last in a series of community meetings for Glocester residents on the Woonasquatucket Watershed Greenspace Project on Tuesday, October 21. The 7 p.m. meeting will be held in the Glocester Town Hall, 1145 Putnam Pike.

The Woonasquatucket Watershed Greenspace Project is a regional planning effort to inventory the resources that residents of each community in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed - Glocester, Johnston, North Providence, North Smithfield, Providence, and Smithfield - consider important and would like to protect. The resources identified by all communities in the watershed are being mapped, and the information will help local governments update their local comprehensive plans. The project is funded by the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.

At the October 21 meeting, Dodson Associates, consultants for the project, will present the final inventory of natural, cultural and recreational assets in Glocester that were identified by local residents in three previous meetings, together with overlays showing recommended priorities for each of the three areas.

According to Scott Millar, DEM Project Manager, "Once the information is mapped in each of the Woonasquatucket communities, people can begin to make links between special places in their community and across the watershed. In the end, we will have a network of potential greenspaces to protect, restore, or redevelop, depending on what the communities decide is best for each of those places." Regional meetings will be held in the next few months to talk about ways to make these connections.

Residents who have questions about the meeting, or are interested in finding out about upcoming meetings in other communities, can contact Jennifer Pereira at the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council at 861-9046 or via e-mail at jpereira@woonasquatucket.org.

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