Events

WP Watershed-wide Calendar of Events

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Recent Events

River Stewardship Celebration – The Stewardship Council celebrated our Community Grant recipients and partners on Sunday, Sept 22 at Grey Sail Brewing in Westerly, RI.

Thank you to the Appalachian Mountain Club Narragansett Chapter, Avalonia Land Conservancy, RI DEM, Save the Bay, Southern Rhode Island Conservation District, Tomaquag Museum, Trout Unlimited Chapter 225, and the Westerly Land Trust. And huge thank you to Grey Sail Brewing for hosting all of us!

7 Rivers Festival – Hosted by the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers program, the first 7 Rivers Festival was a success throughout the 12 towns of the Watershed. Many thanks to partners and local business owners who provided wonderful programming and special offers for the 500+ attendees. Thirty separate events celebrated the your rivers during the weekend of the Festival. Photos, press and a partners list highlighting the festivities are below.

Photos highlighting 7 Rivers Festival partners

(Photo Credit: Gillian Gordon unless otherwise noted)

Press around the 7 Rivers Festival

Photos: Inaugural 7 Rivers Festival a success (The Westerly Sun, June 30, 2022)

7 Rivers Festival emphasizes interconnected nature of the watershed (The Day, News from southeastern Connecticut, June 26, 2022)

Amy Russo tests the waters with a kayak trip on RI’s ‘wild and scenic’ Wood River (Providence Journal June 24 and Sunday, June 26, 2022)

Finding Paradise on the Wood River (Providence Journal, video, June 24, 2022)

One weekend + 12 towns + 7 rivers = 7 Rivers Festival (The Westerly Sun, June 23, 2022)

South County Has Rhode Island’s Only Officially “Wild and Scenic” Rivers (Rhode Island Monthly, June 21, 2022)

First ‘7 Rivers Festival’ Celebrates Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed (ecoRI News, June 20, 2022)

Seven Rivers Festival this Weekend (The Day, June 20, 2022)

Celebrating our rivers: 7 Rivers Festival, June 25-26 (What’s Up Newp, June 13, 2022)

Watershed Association Partnership during National Rivers Month! (Narrow River Notes, Newsletter of the Narrow River Preservation Association, June 2022)

RICKA/SNEP Joint Paddle at the 7 Rivers Festival (Paddler, Newsletter of the Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, June 2022)

7 Rivers Festival – Hike At Carter Preserve (Charlestown Citizens Alliance, June 10, 2022)

7 Rivers Festival Highlights Wild and Scenic Rivers (SO Rhode Island, May 31, 2022)

Resiliency Radio Hour (WBLQ, April 21, 2022)

The First Annual 7 Rivers Festival (The North Stonington Quarterly, Spring 2022)

An event brochure was published by the 7 Rivers Festival coordinating team (May, 2022)

Partners of the 7 Rivers Festival

Coordinating events throughout the 12-town area would not have been possible without our partners who are listed below. Are you interested in more hiking, paddling or education programs? Be sure to look up these organizations, many host events throughout the year.

Organizations

• Appalachian Mountain Club, Narragansett Chapter
• Audubon Society of Rhode Island
• Avalonia Land Conservancy
• Cross’ Mills Public Library
• Cross Road Blues
• Emmye Vernet and Will Platt, Musicians
• Exeter Boy Scouts, Pack 45
• Exeter Historical Association
• Exeter Public Library
• Friends of Pachaug Forest
• Hopkinton Land Trust
• Kingston Free Library
• Leave No Trace RI
• Louttit Library
• Milltown Arts North Stonington
• Mystic Aquarium
• North Stonington Conservation Commission
• Ocean State Bird Club
• Queen’s River Kayaks and Kenyon’s Grist Mill
• RI Canoe and Kayak Association
• RI Department of Environmental Management, Fish and Wildlife
• Save the Bay
• South Kingstown Land Trust
• Southern New England Paddlers
• Southern Rhode Island Conservation District
• Stonington Free Library
• Stonington Human Services, Recreation Division
• The Mushroom Hunting Foundation
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Watch Hill Conservancy
• Tomaquag Museum
• Trout Unlimited, Narragansett Chapter
• Voluntown Public Library
• Westerly Land Trust
• Wheeler Library
• Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association

Local Businesses

• Knead Doughnuts, Westerly, RI
• Leyden Farm Vineyard & Winery, West Greenwich, RI
• Little Country Pizza & BBQ, Exeter, RI
• Mama Emily’s Sweet Treats, Stonington and surrounding towns, CT
• Mechanic Street Marina, Pawcatuck, CT
• Mia’s Cafe, Pawcatuck, CT
• Next to Nowhere Creamery, Exeter, RI
• Shaidzon Beer Company, West Kingston, RI
• St Clair Annex, Watch Hill, RI
• Stagecoach House Inn, Wyoming, RI