March 1, 2024

Salt Marsh Update

February 25 -- Many thanks to Nick Ernst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ben Gaspar, Restoration Ecologist at Save the Bay, for their important update on efforts to stave off the threats from sea level rise to salt marshes in the watershed. Click to view Nick and Ben's slide show.

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Join us on March 24 at 1:00 for History of the Watershed in Maps and Aerial Photos with Peter Stetson.

 

 


December 30, 2023; Updated January 17, February 26, and March 1, 2024

Mark your 2024 calendar for the eleventh season of On Pettaquamscutt, Presentations on the Environment and History of the Narrow River Watershed and join us for three great Sunday afternoon talks (all starting at 1:00) at the brand new Narragansett Library at 25 Pier Marketplace:

January 28: Dressed for Life and Leisure, 1870 to 1920

Rebecca Kelly, Deputy Director and Curator at the South County Museum, discussed nineteenth-century clothing from the museum’s collection highlighting both high fashion and leisure ware, as in what does the fashionable Narragansett visitor wear to the beach in 1900.

Click to view Rebecca's slide show.


February 25: Restoring Salt Marsh in the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge

Nick Ernst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ben Gaspar, Restoration Ecologist at Save the Bay, gave us an update on the sediment placement projects and other projects in the Narrow River and other refuge locations to stave off the threats from sea level rise to salt marshes – and the salt marsh sparrow.

Click to view Nick and Ben's slide show.


Registration now open for the March presentation.

March 24: History of the Watershed in Maps and Aerial Photos

Peter Stetson, President of Education Mapping Service, will show us interactive GIS mapping centered on the South County Museum and the Narrow River Watershed, and their history through aerial photography.

On Pettaquamscutt is a collaboration between the Friends of Canonchet Farm, Narrow River Preservation Association, South County Museum, and the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library.

All talks are free and open to the public. Participants can register here or at the calendar page of the library website to reserve a seat. Registration will open at the beginning of the month for each presentation. For more information, browse this site or call 401 783-5344.


Watch our 2021 presentations.

See 2020 speakers and links to their presentations.

See speakers and presentations in the first eight seasons.

Revised March 1, 2024