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The Narrow River Preservation Society spent all winter growing 30,000 salt marsh grass seedings in a nursery, and now they need volunteers to plant them! This project aims to protect the salt marshes from rising sea levels.

All ages welcome, parent participation welcome. Please only register people who will be planting. This is a messy project, wear rubber boots or shoes and clothes that can get wet. Plan to be out in the elements. There are no restrooms available.
Water and all tools will be provided.


Directions - Use 95 Middlebridge Road, Narragansett for your GPS. Please park on the grass past the cottages and then meet your leader across the street at Narrow River Kayaks. You’ll walk across Narrow River Kayaks with your leader to get to the marsh.

Why plant grasses? This winter, The US Fish and Wildlife Service dredged some of the area under water in lower Narrow River and using a process called ‘thin layer deposition’, spread several inches of the dredged material onto salt marshes that had been under water too frequently to support the marsh grasses. This raised the marsh elevation a few inches. Now that they have been raised, we must plant salt marsh grasses to restore the area. The salt marsh restoration plan is a collaborative effort among USFWS, The Coastal Resources Management Council, The Nature Conservancy, Save the Bay, the Town of Narragansett and Narrow River Preservation Society.