Our Services

At the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, we envision clean water and habitat to sustain all who live, work and play in the Narragansett Bay Region. Our direct services to partners include (but are not limited to) collaborative planning, science communication, and funding.

Collaborative Planning

At NBEP, we offer collaborative planning services to partners, including consensus building, watershed planning, diplomacy, and more. View the gallery below for examples of our collaborative planning work.

Science Communication

Communicating the science of the Narragansett Bay watershed is critical to understanding and protecting the water, wildlife, and way of life in our region. See the gallery below for some examples of how we are communicating science in the Narragansett Bay region.

Funding

At the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, we seek to fill gaps in our region by providing funding to our partners for pre-construction work. See the gallery below for more information about our funding opportunities and about the projects we fund.

Creating a path for achieving fish access above the first four dams on the Lower Blackstone River in Rhode Island. Visit the Lower Blackstone Fish Passage project page.

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Lower Blackstone Fish Passage

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Blackstone Watershed Needs Assessment

In partnership with the Salt Ponds Coalition, we created a story map designed to communicate the Salt Ponds Coalition mission, volunteer efforts, and the history of the unique ponds.

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Salt Ponds Coalition Story Map

Technical support for the Town of Warren Flood Management & Hazard Mitigation Plan Steering Committee, including a parcel-level flood zone interactive map and critical assets and population vulnerability mapping.

Town of Warren - Flood and Hazard Planning

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General GIS Mapping - Technical Support

NBEP convened partners across the Blackstone watershed to identify actionable needs and catalyze new projects to improve water quality, native habitat, and watershed resilience. Visit the Blackstone Watershed Needs Assessment project page.

We created GIS tools to visualize stormwater infrastructure and septic system analyses. Our partner, Save the Bay, will use in these tools in their efforts to address nonpoint source pollution in Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, RI.

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Hundred Acre Cove
Watershed GIS Tools

NBEP GIS staff can provide analysis and mapping services to fill in gaps for partners lacking GIS capacity, upon request. We draw from a wide array of data for the region, and produce new spatial datasets as needed.

View a list of current and past external projects funded by NBEP.