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URI
College of the Environment and Life Sciences Programs
and links
URI Small Acreage Livestock Education Program
The URI
Home*A*Syst Program is part of the URI
Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program within the Department
of Natural Resources Science. The URI Home*A*Syst program
provides educational workshops and materials for residential
pollution preventing topics: including private well protection,
septic system maintenance, landscaping for water quality
protection, woodscaping, and proper use and disposal of household
hazardous products.
The URI
CE GreenShare Program focuses on Integrated Pest Management
strategies that reduce the need for pesticides in the landscape.
GreenShare offers training programs, workshops, numerous
fact sheets, a newsletter, and other educational activities for
professionals in the Green Industry and the general public.
View the Sustainable
Trees and Shrubs For Southern New England manual which
lists over 250 disease and insect-resistant plants that thrive
in Southern New England with minimal maintenance.
Go to our RI Agricultural
Experiment Station site to take
a virtual tour of the URI CE Learning Landscape which is
part of the URI CE Education
Center.
Call the URI
CE Master Gardener Hotline at 1-800-448-1011,
Monday-Thursday, 9 AM - 2 PM for questions about fertilizer
and pesticide use, soil testing, and more. Out-of-state,
call (401) 874-2900.
The URI Plant Protection Clinic identifies
insects on plants and in the home, and will diagnose plant
diseases.
For information on all URI
Cooperative Extension Programs
The RI
Digital Atlas has various natural resource maps for all
towns and watersheds in Rhode Island.
The
RI Natural History Survey --
for more information and publications about invasive species,
the use of native plants in the home landscape, and ecological
systems and data within Rhode Island. Links to numerous
publications and organizations.
Rhode Island Organizations/Agencies
The
Town of North Kingstown, RI -- is serving as a demonstration
community for the Healthy Landscapes Education Program.
Visit their Department
of Water Supply link to view the quarterly newsletter, The
Puddle (reaching 94% of residents) for regular
articles on healthy landscaping topics and learn more
about
their
citizen-lead groundwater
committee.
This program is also supported by the Town Council, Conservation
Commission,
Department of Planning and Development, and Town Manager,
Richard Kerbel.
The Rhode
Island Nursery and Landscape Association
Rhode Island
Wild Plant Society -- contains the list of invasive
plants from the Rhode Island Invasive Species Council and
sources for purchasing native plants.
USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service; Warwick, RI office,
(401) 828-1300
To obtain a soil survey map of RI, and for information and
assistance with soil erosion, runoff controls and livestock
waste and pasture management.
The
Toxics Information Project -- TIP is a Rhode Island
non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals
live healthier and safer lives through public outreach
and education on the subject of toxins.
Other Programs and Links
USDA
CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program
Sustainable Landscapes Focus
Area Success
stories and on-line resources
The University of Connecticut Water
Quality and the Home Landscape
The University
of Connecticut NEMO Program Reducing Runoff Page gives
information on how to design your rooftop, driveway, and
sidewalk
to reduce
stormwater runoff. There is also information on alternatives
to asphalt and cement, and vegetated rooftops to reduce
stormwater
runoff. It also provides a link to the Center for Watershed
Protection.
The University of Connecticut, Haddam
research/demonstration rain garden.
The
Center for Watershed Protection -- educating residents,
provides technical tools and resources for watershed protection.
Includes information on rain barrels and rain gardens.
The
Living Lawn project, Marblehead, MA -- organic turf
and garden management
Maine's BayScaper program
provides a step-by-step guide to creating a lawn that protects
nearby waterbodies from harmful chemicals and soil erosion.
Audubon
International -- education on sustainable resource management
and landscape ecology
Want to learn more about land use and stormwater
runoff impacts to water quality?
EPA, Office of
Water, Watershed Protection
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
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