Please join us for a Press Event with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Providence Place Unveiling of Permanent Woonasquatucket Display DATE: Monday , March 16, 2009 TIME: 11:30 AM LOCATION: Providence Place (Event will take place at the large first floor windows of Providence Place, facing Waterplace Park.)
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| Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will join the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) in unveiling a series of five informational panels that form a permanent display at Providence Place. Other speakers presently include Ames Colt of RI DEM - Chairman of the RI Bays, Rivers & Watersheds Coordination Team, Kevin Cleary - Town Engineer of Smithfield, and representatives from the EPA and Natural Resources Conservation Service. The panels titled The Urban River, Woonasquatucket Watershed, Fish of the Woonasquatucket River, Protect the Woonasquatucket River, and Woonasquatucket River Greenway, inform visitors about the Woonasquatucket River, its watershed, habitat, and the WRWC's ongoing projects. They offer insight into the River's ecology and reinforce the importance of protecting the river and its watershed.
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Rhode Island Rivers Council sponsored the project and graphic designer Jason Tranchida of Llama Product Inc. designed, produced and installed the panels on behalf of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council. Alicia Lehrer, WRWC's Executive Director, said of the project, "Our hope is that all Rhode Islanders and the many people that visit Providence Place from all over the world will become advocates for the river and all the resources that the Woonasquatucket River and its Watershed have to offer. The river and its watershed provide invaluable wildlife habitat, historic and cultural value to our state."
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