Merino Park
Merino Park in Providence owes a lot to the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC), which organized a playground building project and many cleanups. It has a boat launch.
Merino Park in Providence owes a lot to the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC), which organized a playground building project and many cleanups. It has a boat launch.
This defunct business was a superfund site and was located near or at Merino Park in Providence. The mill burned down in 1994 and was razed in 1997.
Note: Many documents related to this cleanup are online, but not all. Requests can be made for undigitized documents.
This is the overall sponsor of the International Coastal Cleanup, which happens in mid-September each year.
See Blackstone River Watershed Council.
In 2005, the Blackstone River Watershed Council and the Friends of the Blackstone, Inc. merged into a single larger group in order to leverage the strengths and broader reach of both organizations.