Funding Opportunity: NBEP 2025 Outreach and Education RFP
Proposals are due April 11th, 2025.
NBEP Wants to Hear From You!
The NBEP Draft Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan is available for public comment from November 12th, 2024–January 14th, 2025.
Funding Opportunity: NBEP RFP for Design and Planning Activities to Improve Aquatic Habitat Connectivity in the Narragansett Bay Region
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP), through its host, Roger Williams University (RWU), is issuing an RFP for aquatic habitat connectivity with climate resilience benefits projects from the Narragansett Bay Region.
Apply Now! NBEP Literature Review Analysis Internship
Are you an upper-level undergraduate or graduate student interested in watershed research? NBEP is hiring a Literature Review Analysis Intern!
NBEP Seeks Professional Writing Services for CCMP Revision
NBEP seeks proposals for professional writing services to complete a revision of its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Vision 2034).
Join us January 31, 2024 for Green Infrastructure Grants Webinar
Join us on Wednesday, January 31 from 11:30a-1:30p for a webinar highlighting the awardees from our 2021 Green Infrastructure Planning Grants.
Seagrass Indicator Update Released for Narragansett Bay, Little Narragansett Bay, and the Rhode Island Coastal Ponds
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program has released an update to the Seagrass Indicator for Narragansett Bay, Little Narragansett Bay, and the Rhode Island Coastal Ponds.
We’re Hiring: NBEP Executive Director
Roger Williams University seeks candidates for the Executive Director of the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.
2023 NBEP Symposium: Wild Things in the Narragansett Bay Region
Registration is live for NBEP’s 2023 Symposium: Wild Things in the Narragansett Bay Region on Friday, October 6, 2023 at Roger Williams University.
RFP: Planning Activities to Improve Freshwater and Estuarine Habitat Quality and Public Access in the Narragansett Bay Region
NBEP seeks proposals for planning activities that will advance efforts to improve freshwater and estuarine habitat quality and public access in the Narragansett Bay Region.
NBEP-funded Westerly Resilient Riverfront Renewal project highlighted in Westerly Sun
The Stormwater Master Plan for Westerly, RI’s Main Street will help reinvigorate the downtown thoroughfare by removing pavement, increasing green space, and improving walkability.
Macro to Microplastic in Narragansett Bay Event Recordings Now Available
Fifteen speakers and seventy-one event attendees discussed local sources of plastic pollution, impacts of plastic pollution on Narragansett Bay habitats and wildlife, and next steps for local research on plastic pollution.
EcoRI News: “Dangers of Plastic Pollution Energize Citizens and Scientists as Lawmakers Devise Controls”
NBEP’s recent event, “Macro to Microplastic in Narragansett Bay,” features in this EcoRI News piece highlighting the environmental dangers of - and challenges in reducing - plastic production and pollution.
Register now for NBEP event “Macro to Microplastic in Narragansett Bay”
Join NBEP for the Annual NBEP Science Event: Macro to Microplastic in Narragansett Bay on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI.
ecoRI News on the Blackstone River Commons Paddle: “Paddling Through the Different Eras of the Blackstone River”
ecoRI News reporter Colleen Cronin joins the Blackstone River Commons paddlers for Day 2 of their 60-mile journey from Worcester to Providence in August 2022.
NBEP’s staff scientist discusses value of urban watersheds with Veronica Berounsky of URI
NBEP’s staff scientist discusses value of urban watersheds with Veronica Berounsky of URI
NBEP’s staff scientist, fishermen, and social scientists discuss the changing Narragansett Bay ecosystem.
NBEP’s staff scientist, fishermen, and social scientists discuss the changing Narragansett Bay ecosystem.
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Awards $649,000 in Grants for Green Project Planning in RI and MA
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Awards $649,000 in Grants for Green Project Planning in RI and MA