RI Watershed Councils

Designated by the RI Rivers Council

Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone
John Marsland, President Alice Clemente, Secretary PO Box 8068 Cumberland, RI 02864	website • watershed profile
	email: johnmarsland@blackstoneriver.org
	phone: 401-334-2153
Buckeye Brook Coalition
Paul Earnshaw, President Bill Aldrich, Treasurer PO Box 9025 Warwick, RI 02889	website • watershed profile
	email: brookeye10@gmail.com
	phone: 401-737-1342
Friends of the Moshassuck
Arthur Plitt, President Greg Gerritt, Exec Dir 37 Sixth Street Providence, RI 02906	website • watershed profile
	email: gerritt@mindspring.com
	phone: 401-331-0529
Kickemuit River Council
David Urban, President Ann Morrill, 1st VP PO Box 590 Warren, RI 02885	website • watershed profile
	email:kickemuitrivercouncil@gmail.com
	phone: 401-245-4470
Narrow River Preservation Association
Richard Grant, President David Smith, Pgrm Coor PO Box 8 Saunderstown, RI 02874	website • watershed profile
	email: nrpa@narrowriver.org
	phone: 401-783-6277
Pawtuxet River Authority & Watershed Council
Robert Nero, Chair Rita Holahan, Vice Chair 8 Hope Furnace Road Hope, RI 02831	website • watershed profile
	email: pra@pawtuxet.org
	phone: 401-615-7039
Salt Ponds Coalition
Arthur Ganz, President Mark Bullinger, Exec Dir PO Box 875 Charlestown, RI 02813	website • watershed profile
	email: mbullinger@gmail.com
	phone: 401-322-3068
Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Malcolm Grant, President Christopher Fox, Exec Dir 203b Arcadia Road Hope Valley, RI 02832	website • watershed profile
	email: chris@wpwa.org
	phone: 401-539-9017
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Donald Burns, President Alicia Lehrer, Exec Dir 27 Sims Avenue Providence, RI 02909	website • watershed profile
	email: alehrer@wrwc.org
	phone: 401-861-9046

Five Year Designation Terms

2008 to 2013 Blackstone River Watershed Council / Friends of the Blackstone
2008 to 2013 Narrow River Preservation Association
2009 to 2014 Buckeye Brook Coalition
2009 to 2014 Salt Ponds Coalition
2009 to 2014 Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
2011 to 2016 Kickemuit River Council
2011 to 2016 Friends of the Moshassuck
2011 to 2016 Pawtuxet River Authority and Watershed Council
2011 to 2016 Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Not Yet Designated

Friends of the Hunt River Watershed
Barry Martasian 5300 Post Rd #146 East Greenwich RI 02818	website • watershed profile
	email: bmar1865@verizon.net
	phone: 401-338-4072
Hunt River Watershed Association
Jim McGwin PO Box 824 North Kingstown RI 02852	website • watershed profile
	email: info@huntriver.org
	phone: 401-884-6841
Ten Mile River Watershed Council
Keith Gonsalves 2 Ramsay Street Riverside R. I. 02915	website • watershed profile
	email: KTGgroup@aol.com
	phone: 401-474-3813

Delineation of Surface Watersheds

The US Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2001 and 2004, building upon work of the US Geological Survey, delineated surface watershed boundaries at greater detail than previously mapped. Smaller watersheds within larger watersheds were clearly depicted and coded. The national numbering system for watersheds is referred to as Hydrologic Unit Codes or HUCs. The Narragansett Bay Region has an eight digit hydrologic unit code. Major watersheds within the Narragansett Bay watershed, such as the Pawtuxet River Watershed, have ten digit hydrologic unit codes. The next level smaller nested watersheds have twelve digit hydrologic unit codes. (Due to historical circumstances, sometimes the even digit numbering system results in an odd number of digits one greater.) For a full explanation of the numbering and mapping system for watersheds, search “hydrologic code” in Wikipedia, and follow the references. For a listing of the Rhode Island HUC10 and HUC12 hydrologic unit codes and maps, refer to the “introduction” of the RI Rivers Council’s Rivers Policy and Classification Plan.

RI Watershed Maps (URIGIS)

First USGS Topographic Survey of Rhode Island

"The topographic survey of Rhode Island was provided for by an act of the general assembly passed March 22, 1888, and immediately thereafter the governor appointed three commissioners to represent him in the work. Field work was commenced in June, 1888, and the survey of the State was completed in the fall of the same year. The total cost of this work was $9,732.51, or about $8.97 per square mile."
Source: R.T. Evans and H.M. Frye, 2009, History of the Topographic Branch, US Geological Survey Circular 1341, Page 40. - GL