Volunteer Opportunities in the Watershed

Annual Special Events:

Second Saturday of April, OPENING DAY OF TROUT FISHING SEASON 5:30 AM to 10 AM. Pass out coffee and talk about litter awareness at 5 area fishing sites: Baberville Dam, Carolina Trout Pond, Arcadia Deer Check Station, Frosty Hollow Pond, and Meadowbrook Pond.

Third Saturday of April EARTH DAY RIVER CLEAN-UP 9 AM to Noon. Grab a bag and pick up litter at river and pond access sites in your area. WPWA will provide bags, gloves, and refreshments. Dumpsters will be at WPWA headquarters, 203 Arcadia Road in Hopkinton. The sites for clean up are:
1. Wood River, Rt. 165 Check-in Station in the Arcadia Management Area, Exeter.
2. Browning Mill Pond, Arcadia Management Area, Exeter.
3. Frosty Hollow Pond and Breakheart Pond, Arcadia Mmgt. Are, Exeter.
4. Queen's River at Mail Road, Exeter.
5. Wyoming Pond fishing access, Richmond.
6. Beaver River Fishing Access, Rt. 138, Richmond.
7. Beaver River, Shannock Hill Road, Richmond.
8. Shannock canoe access, Railroad Street, Richmond.
9. Wood River, Richmond Fishing Access, Rt. 91, Richmond.
10. Carolina Trout Pond, Switch Road, Richmond.
11. Meadow Brook, Pine Hill Road, Richmond.
12. Meadowbrook Pond, Rt. 91, Richmond.
13. Horseshoe Falls canoe portage, Shannock Village Road, Charlestown.
14. Hope Valley Little League fields, Hopkinton.
15. Alton Pond, Rt. 91, Hopkinton.
16. Bradford canoe and fishing access, Hopkinton.
17. Woodville Road Bridge, canoe access, Hopkinton.
18. Wood River, Skunk Hill Road, Hopkinton.
19. Barberville Dam, Arcadia Road, Hopkinton.
20. Usquepaug, below the dam, Rt. 138, South Kingstown.
21. Barber Pond, South Kingstown
22. Taylor's Landing, Rt. 138, South Kingstown.
23. Worden's Pond, Worden's Pond Road, South Kingstown.
24. Pawcatuck River at Potter Hill Dam, Laurel St., Hopkinton.
25. Pawcatuck River, White Rock Access, Rt. 3 (near Rt. 78 overpass), Westerly.
26. Pawcatuck River Westerly Fishing Access, Rt. 1A, Westerly.
Please contact WPWA before you go out so we can coordinate efforts.

On Going:

Office Help: If you have the occasional hour to give, we will put you on our on-call list to help with bulk-mailing and data entry.

URI Watershed Watch Water Quality Monitoring: From May to October, every other week, monitors perform basic tests on selected streams, rivers and ponds in the Pawcatuck watershed. Training is provided in April by URI Watershed Watch and WPWA. Monitors need to be able to bring monthly water samples to URI. If you can't commit that much time, we are also looking for alternates who can fill in for the regular monitor when needed. Monitors are especially needed in Hopkinton and Exeter.

Scientific Field Studies: Spring and summer habitat studies of fish and macroinvertebrate populations.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Denise Burgess

Denise J. Poyer
Program Director
Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
203B Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI 02832
www.wpwa.org
(401) 539-9017
(401) 539-2740 FAX
denisep@wpwa.org