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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Greetings! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association (WPWA), with a grant from the Hurricane Sandy Community Resiliency Grants Program, has developed a Flood Resiliency Management Plan to help communities
in the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed become more resilient to the impacts of flooding, while also benefitting water quality, fish and wildlife, and habitat. The draft of the final plan has been completed! It can be downloaded from the WPWA website:
<a href="http://wpwa.org/flood_resiliency.html">http://wpwa.org/flood_resiliency.html</a>. Please share this information with anyone you think appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WPWA is holding two community meetings for municipal staff and the public to
<span style="color:black">present the plan and to obtain feedback from the watershed communities that will help shape the final plan.</span> The meetings will be held on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Friday, June 23, 2017 </span>
</i></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"> from <b>10</b> <b>a.m.</b> to <b>
noon</b> at the Westerly Library, Third Floor Terrace Room, 44 Broad Street, Westerly, RI 02891.
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<h4 style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;font-style:normal">2.</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;font-style:normal">
</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:windowtext">Wednesday, June 28, 2017</span></b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:windowtext">
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:windowtext;font-style:normal">from
<b>6 p.m</b>. to <b>8 p.m</b>. at the Richmond Community/Senior Citizen Center, 1168 Main Street, Wyoming, RI 02898.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></h4>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Project Background</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Pawcatuck River watershed covers an area of approximately 317 square-miles in southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut, including all or portions of 14 communities.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The history of flooding and flood damages in the Wood-Pawcatuck River watershed is well-documented. The landmark 2010 flood remains the flood of record for the region, with extreme precipitation and flooding events becoming
more frequent in the northeast as a result of climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The primary objectives of this watershed planning project are to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Assess the vulnerability of the Wood-Pawcatuck River watershed to flooding and storm-related damages,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Develop a comprehensive, watershed-based management plan to help communities become more resilient to the impacts of flooding (i.e., enhance flood resilience) and
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:14.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Focus on strengthening natural ecosystems that also benefit water quality, fish and wildlife, and habitat.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The management plan builds upon and integrates information from previous and ongoing work within the watershed. It identifies watershed-wide and site-specific project recommendations throughout
the Pawcatuck River watershed. It includes potential management alternatives such as land use policies and regulations, active and passive restoration (i.e., bridge and culvert retrofits or replacement, stream buffer restoration, stream bank stabilization,
river restoration, corridor easements), green stormwater infrastructure, wetland and habitat restoration, and related water quality mitigation.
<u>Many of these recommendations are town specific, and can be used by planners and officials to apply for funding for projects.</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any questions about the plan or the community meetings please contact me by email (<a href="mailto:denisep@wpwa.org">denisep@wpwa.org</a>) or by calling (401) 539-9017.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">Denise J Poyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">203 Arcadia Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">Hope Valley, RI 02832<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold"">(401) 539-9017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold""><a href="mailto:denisep@wpwa.org">denisep@wpwa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.<br>
-- John Muir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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