Interested in Volunteering?
Help us restore the Park Ponds! Some of the projects we will need volunteers for include:
- Water Quality Monitoring - Get certified by Watershed Watch to take monthly water quality samples in the ponds April through October.
- Taking monthly samples means going out on the same day and time each month, rain or shine.
- Public Use Surveys - Under the direction of Park staff, survey park use patterns and pond conditions,
- This work may include, surveys of fishing, boating, shoreline, bird counts and providing office assistance.
Public Education - Help spread the word about the water quality issues in the ponds and why it is illegal to feed waterfowl.
- This work will involve talking to the public, particularly those that are feeding the birds,about why it is unhealthy to both the ponds and the birds.
- Building Outreach - Help us grow our Friends of Roger Williams Park Ponds group by developing outreach materials and organizing community events to spread the word and raise money.
- Hands-On Plantings - Get down and dirty helping us replant the shorelines of the ponds with various native plants to provide buffers from stormwater and waterfowl.
- Planting to begin spring/summer 2012.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Lesley Lambert at lesley@nbep.org. Please provide your name, address and phone number, as well as what areas you would like to get involved in.
 Like us on facebook and tell us how you can help keep the park and its ponds clean and healthy for both the people who visit and the animals who call it home.
Just click on the facebook link above or look for "Roger Williams Park Conservancy" from your home page. |
Watershed Watch provides training and technical assistance for citizen water quality monitoring.
Read the Providence Journal cover story on the RWP Ponds Project
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