Over 60 neighbors and friends joined the Edgewood Waterfront Preservation Association (EWPA) at Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park for our Annual Clean Up. Hundreds of pounds of trash and debris was removed including plastics, syringes, and lumber. Thanks to everyone that participated in the clean up.
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Your support helps us to protect and conserve Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park, our local environmental treasure.
Each year we raise funds to maintain, and improve Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park to keep it a sustainable, clean, beautiful, and safe waterfront.
Please give today.
Maintained and improved the Stillhouse Cove Palmeri Rose Garden.
Members of the board and dedicated volunteers worked throughout the growing season to maintain the park, salt march, rotary, and storm water area.
Worked with horticulturist Nick Cokonis to prepare the site in early Spring and educate the board and volunteers on site preparation.
Supported STEM students discovering sea creatures in Stillhouse Cove.
Held two clean-ups that attracted more than 200 volunteers that removed trash from around the cove.
We facilitated installation and landscaping for a sculpture, The End of the Line, made from old trolley track removed from Narragansett Boulevard.
Each year, we need to raise funds to sustain improvements the park and salt marsh. Join us in this neighborhood effort. Help us to keep Stillhouse Cove the clean, beautiful, and safe waterfront park it has become.
By Trent Batson
May 27, 2022
Years ago, one of our daughters took up residence on Ocean Avenue and I, a retired university professor, had the privilege of walking her dog at Stillhouse Cove when she and her husband were at work. I loved the Cove as did Calypso, the dog.
More recently, I’ve had another privilege — serving on the Board of the Edgewood Waterfront Preservation Association that maintains Stillhouse Cove. I’ve stepped down from the Board now but wanted to continue to contribute to the EWPA in some way. My current research work is about human evolution and climate change — and, in these blogs, I’ll write about how those two relate to the good work at Stillhouse Cove.
I am launching, with the support of the EWPA Board, a monthly series of blogs about Stillhouse Cove and resilience work as climate change presents ever greater challenges to that work. The EWPA has done model work on resilience in the Cove and this blog series celebrates that work while also describing the larger context of how humanity is dealing with the climate crisis.
What happens at Stillhouse Cove is a microcosm of shorelines around the world and so is well worth following.
You can sit on a bench in Stillhouse Cove in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, facing east, looking out over the bay, and watch the dawn break. Many do. Sometimes, in the rain. I told my granddaughter, when fog obscured the far shore, that the East Bay part of Rhode Island had floated away.
As you sit, song sparrows may sing or, in season, you may hear redwing blackbirds. You might see an Osprey bank over the water — or seagulls or cormorants — and geese or ducks feeding on the shoreline.
The sun reflecting off the Bay glitters. Dogs, walking their owners, sniff on by. Runners, silent on their feet, ghost past. Cars are surprisingly quiet as drivers slowly take in the scene.
In season, the sight of sailboats and “stinkpots” at the Yacht Club adds a sense of elegance and adventure.
Out in the channel, large freighters slip on down the bay, or churn up the Bay, heading for the Port of Providence.
And the Bay water, ever moving, full of life, remains unconcerned.
One can slip out of time sitting on that bench.
The Site Committee, including board members and volunteers, spent a productive morning seeding the infiltration area damaged over the winter.
The infiltration area acts as a natural filter for storm water that flows into the bay. Catching bacteria and other organisms and larger items like trash before the water flows into Stillhouse Cove, this important feature protects the cove from bacterial or other blooms as well as from trash and plastics.
Thanks to the volunteers and board members that showed up to do this important work.
Interested in volunteering? Join us!
The EWPA “Site Management Committee” keeps the park and salt marsh healthy with ongoing maintenance and improvements. On Saturday we met to prepare for Spring. Volunteer with us and join us! http://stillhousecove.org/volunteer-with-us/
The Edgewood Waterfront Preservation Association (EWPA), Pawtuxet Village Association (PVA) Annual Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park and Pawtuxet Park Clean-Up.
We had perfect weather and a great crowd for our Stillhouse Cove cleanup today, hosted in partnership with Save the Bay and the Pawtuxet Village Association. Close to 100 people worked picking up garbage and pruning vegetation while at the same time connecting with neighbors and friends. Over (insert number) pounds of refuge was collected and Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins joined in himself.
EWPA President Barbara Rubine received a proclamation from the State of Rhode Island delivered by Rep McNamara and Mayor Hopkins, thanking the organization for all of the work done over the years to nurture and grow this beautiful waterfront space. Other notable attendees included Councilwoman Vargas, Senator Miller, Councilwoman Marino, Congressional candidate Joy Fox and EWPA Founding Board member Hy Goldman.
There were many conversations about how far the EWPA has come over the years, including stories about how way back in 1996, one neighbor used his car to tow the trees out of the cove area and one time a tow truck had to be called to help!
Thank you to everyone who came out.
How we can best prepare our community for current and future climate change and rising sea level? A Presentation by Shaun O’Rourke, Managing Director at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank.
At the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, O’Rourke manages a portfolio of lending and grant programs to help accelerate infrastructure investment statewide. Shaun led the development of “Resilient Rhody,” the state’s first climate resilience action strategy under Governor Raimondo in 2018 and continues to work closely with municipalities to move from planning to action. His talk title is “Building Local Climate Resilience – From Hazards to Solutions” and will focus on how we can best prepare our community for current and future climate change and rising sea level.”
The “Site Mangement Committee” first meeting getting ready for Spring. Join us! Volunteer!
Cranston Herald Article – February 10
By EMMA BARTLETT
Two hundred eighth grade students from Park View Middle School and Hugh B. Bain Middle School will advance their education on ocean exploration this spring thanks to a $24,953 grant Mystic Aquarium received from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration. The program’s curriculum will provide projects and local excursions for students.
Your support helps us to protect and conserve Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park, our local environmental treasure.
Each year we raise $10,000 to maintain, and improve Stillhouse Cove Salt Marsh and Park to keep it a sustainable, clean, beautiful, and safe waterfront.
Please give today.
Selected plants including “bee and polinator” friendly plants like this unique variety of hydrangia.
Protected the marsh and conservation area at Stillhouse by treating and removing invasive weeds and seedlings.
Improved gardens and the rotary with native plants and grasses that withstand drought and attract bees.
Maintained gardens with new plants and moving others to better locations.
Hosted two successful clean-ups that removed trash from around the cove.
Installed new “coir logs”to protect the salt marsh and park from erosion and storm damage. These “logs” were installed at the base of the slope in the salt march to help the cove stay stable and healthy.
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