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<title>Less Fertilizer = Healthier Waters</title>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Less Fertilizer = Healthier Waters</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:dimgray">Reducing fertilizers at home helps our waters</span></em><o:p></o:p></h1>
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 blooms in Narragansett Bay and inland ponds and streams.</span></em><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">
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 it. However, <strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">the land we own and manage is also part of a larger ecosystem and watershed</span></strong>, and the decisions we make about lawn and garden care have a real impact – positive or negative
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The biggest step homeowners can take is to be more thoughtful about how fertilizers are applied, or eliminate them entirely.&nbsp;</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 pollution and algae blooms in Narragansett Bay and inland ponds and streams. Just as fertilizer makes your grass green, it also makes our waters green, causing cyanobacteria – or blue-green algae – to form which can make waters unsafe for human or animal contact.</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">Select drought and disease-tolerant grass seed.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">
 Red fescue and chewing fescue are drought tolerant; tall and fine fescues require less nitrogen and need less fertilizer, if any.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Set your mower at three inches.</span></strong> Grass at a height of three inches creates a healthier root system and decreases the need for water and fertilizer.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Keep the clippings on the lawn.</span></strong> Grass clippings left on the lawn reduce water evaporation and keep the soil cooler during hot weather. Clippings are 85% water and 5% nitrogen. When left
 on the lawn, they return water and nutrients to the soil.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Water less often.</span></strong> Most lawns in New England will survive without watering. Healthy lawns that turn brown during hot dry periods are dormant, not dead, and will green up again during the
 wetter, cooler fall season.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">If you must water</span></strong>, doing so in the early morning (before 9am) reduces evaporation and prevents sun scalding.&nbsp; Or, water after the sun is starting to set.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Overwatering </span></strong>can cause any fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides to flow into storm drains and into nearby waterbodies. Fertilizer on your lawn can leach into the groundwater perhaps
 endangering drinking water supplies.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Test your soil. </span></strong>Maintaining proper soil pH of 6.5 results in better retention of nutrients. Phosphorus should only be applied to new lawns or where a soil test indicates a phosphorus deficiency.
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Fertilize in the fall </span>
</strong>for best results. Half an application in late April and a full application in September should be plenty for your lawn.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Be careful</span></strong> not to apply fertilizer to sidewalks, driveways or walkways. Sweep up any fertilizer on paved surfaces.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Use organic fertilizers </span>
</strong>such as animal manures, cottonseed, bone meal, fish emulsion or compost. If you use commercial fertilizers,
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">use water insoluble fertilizers
</span></strong>which release nitrogen slowly over extended periods of time so they are not as likely to leach into groundwater or cause water quality problems. These fertilizers are typically marketed as “slow release” products. Select fertilizers with more
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 fertilizer application and several Rhode Island communities are taking action.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Providence</span></strong><br>
The City of Providence recently announced a campaign to reduce fertilizer use by property owners in the city. The initiative –
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<span style="color:#656565">Pesticide Free PVD [greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com]</span></a> – encourages residents, property owners, and businesses to commit to eliminating the use of harmful chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers in lawns and
 gardens, as well as other toxins in the home. Providence residents can take an <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&amp;id=c7c377b75c&amp;e=a1953677e8__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!cYknubo7P9xWclGjloxY0QrZ9-EeGa-6eLQnqFkppLjiKV9SkfSIMvM_U6TZ_6fSxf-kbA$" target="_blank">
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In November, the Town of Barrington became the first municipality to pass a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&amp;id=f8eccc9634&amp;e=a1953677e8__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!cYknubo7P9xWclGjloxY0QrZ9-EeGa-6eLQnqFkppLjiKV9SkfSIMvM_U6TZ_6d9Wy_4hg$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#656565">local fertilizer ordinance [greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com]</span></a>. The Barrington ordinance
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Within 24 hours of a forecasted heavy rain event</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#656565;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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The Town of Charlestown has a voluntary <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&amp;id=ce60777890&amp;e=a1953677e8__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!cYknubo7P9xWclGjloxY0QrZ9-EeGa-6eLQnqFkppLjiKV9SkfSIMvM_U6TZ_6fbZpMw4w$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#656565">Recommended Landscaper Program [greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com]</span></a> that has been in place since 2016 and aims to reward landscape companies that agree to follow a certain set of best management practices by allowing
 them to use their “recommended” status in their marketing materials. The Charlestown program also mirrors the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s voluntary
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Portsmouth</span></strong><br>
The Portsmouth Town Council voted earlier this year to develop a draft fertilizer ordinance for the council’s consideration.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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