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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Help Protect Rhode Island's Lakes and Ponds!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:21.75pt"><span style="color:black">DEM is hosting four trainings to instruct volunteers on how to educate and encourage boaters at state boat ramps to clean off plant debris from their boat, trailer, and gear before and
after launching their boat. Volunteers will also collect data on boat traffic, how often plants are found on boats, and the most common areas where weeds are recorded<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Our Communications Team at RIDEM has kindly prepared both a website, and 4 separate facebook events, to more easily share and invite folks to come to the volunteer trainings, so please share on your socials. I
have attached a flyer in both pdf format, as well as a jpg picture file for ease of sharing. Note: regardless of how its shared, volunteers should still
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/events/sign-training-opportunity-volunteers-boat-ramps-prevent-spread-aquatic-invasive-species">https://dem.ri.gov/events/sign-training-opportunity-volunteers-boat-ramps-prevent-spread-aquatic-invasive-species</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Training 1, May 21 (South Kingstown Library):</span>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Training 2, May 29 (Charlestown/ Kettle Pond Visitor Center):</span>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Training 3, June 4 (Coventry Senior Center): <u>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Katie DeGoosh-DiMarzio
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