The Shortened Ninth Season Had
Two Great Presentations
Milestones and Bears but not Coastal Defenses
The ninth season of the winter speaker series On Pettaquamscutt: Presentations on the Environment and the History of the Narrow River Watershed was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but here are links to the January and February presentations.
January 26 - Fifty Years of Protecting and Preserving the Narrow River and its Watershed
A panel of Narrow River Preservation Association leaders shared the organization’s most significant challenges and accomplishments over the past 50 years with a look toward the next 50 years of caring for the watershed loved by so many.
View or download the presentation.
(2020_01_26_NRPA_50_Years.pdf, 14MB. Allow time for this file to load.)
February 23 - The Rhode Island Bear Story: From Colonial Persecution to Backyard Pest
This bear is not looking for a ride. In February we called on R.I. Department of Environmental Management Wildlife Specialist Mary Gannon to tell us what this bear and other wild animals are looking for in our shared environment. This talk was sponsored by the Friends of Canonchet Farm.
View Mary Gannon's presentation.
Read Phil Cozzolino's interview of Mary Gannon in The Narragansett Times.
Posted March 16, 2020
March 29, 2020 Presentation Canceled
We regret to inform you that we must cancel the March 29 On Pettaquamscutt Winter Speaker Series presentation at the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett out of concern for public health and to blunt the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
The Center for Disease Control, in accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States (March 15, 2020 interim guidance).
Our plan is to postpone the topic, Camp Varnum and Rhode Island Coastal Defenses, to our 2021 season.
In the meantime, stay healthy, and thank you for your support of our Winter Speaker Series.
David and Rosemary Smith
24 Castle Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
401 783-5344
dsmithmark@cox.net; rcsaims@aol.com
See speakers and presentations in the first eight seasons.
Revised September 18, 2020