All are welcome to Narrow River Preservation Association’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 3, 2019.
This year the featured speaker will be Will Helt, Coastal Restoration Scientist at The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island on the topic of ‘Narrow River Oysters‘.
Did you know that oysters offer more than a tasty appetizer at the raw bar? To conservationists, oysters are known as “ecosystem engineers” because of the services they provide to the environment, like filtering the water around them and providing habitat for young fish. Due to oysters’ recognized importance, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is restoring oyster reefs not only in Rhode Island but across the globe. In Narrow River, TNC has partnered with the Narrow River Preservation Association to study one of the few remaining natural oyster stocks in our state. With the help of the community, TNC scientists have been evaluating recruitment rates of oysters throughout the River. Early results are promising, and the team is hopeful this effort will create new opportunities to strengthen oyster populations in Narrow River!
The Annual Meeting will also include reports on NRPA activities and highlights from the past year. The W.E.R. La Farge Memorial Friend of the River Award will be presented, and this year’s kayak raffle winner will be announced.
7:00 p.m. Reception with refreshments and displays from organizations within the Narrow River Watershed, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, at Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI.
NRPA’s Annual Meeting provides a forum to meet NRPA members and to learn more about the Narrow River and its Watershed. We hope that you will join us.
Online registration is now closed. Please come to the event!
Free and open to the public.
