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Article: RHODE ISLAND: For the health of the bay.(Brief Article)
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- Conservation Matters
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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An unprecedented and important event took place at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence on April 24 and 25: the Narragansett Bay Summit. The political leaders of the state (including both U.S. senators from Rhode Island) came together with scientists, planners, environmental advocates, business leaders, fishermen, and a broad and varied collection of citizens and groups to discuss the past, present, and future of Rhode Island's key natural resource, Narragansett Bay.
Preparation and planning for the summit had taken nearly a year and resulted in the creation of a series of comprehensive White Papers that surveyed such topics as fisheries, industrial ...