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ProvidenceRI.com: Public Is Warned to Stay Off Providence Ponds

The public should avoid the danger of falling through pond ice and should stay off all Providence ponds.

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Roger Williams Park Ponds Restoration Public Meeting, November 15

gcpvd —  November 10, 2011 — Leave a comment

Roger Williams Park

Roger Williams Park Ponds Restoration Public Meeting

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, 7-9 p.m.
The Casino at Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI
Hosted by the City of Providence and Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
Contact: Robert F. McMahon, Supt. of Parks, 401-785-9450

The Ponds: Roger Williams Park is the largest area of public open space in Providence—a regional resource and a neighborhood park, with more than a million visitors each year. The centerpiece of the park is a 100-acre system of interconnected freshwater ponds, created when the park was built, flowing into the Pawtuxet River and Narragansett Bay. The ponds are important for boating, fishing and scenic value, yet they suffer from persistent water-quality problems, caused in part by storm-water pollution from local sources and urban areas upstream.

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