this time covering the entire Blackstone River Watershed, from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Narragansett Bay. ZAP 50 is set for August, 27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from ...

PROVIDENCE — Officials from Massachusetts and Rhode Island are figuring out the boundaries of a park along the Blackstone River. The Providence Journal reports ...

[map] The national park label ... The new title would also give the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc., a nonprofit corporation, important credibility in its fundraising ...

Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode ... discharge permit before the water can be returned to the Blackstone River. However, it is possible, the DEM says, that water is no longer ...

While the Blackstone River has industrial value because it can ... I discovered that an “as-built” map of the canal from 1828 was on file at the Rhode Island Historical Society, and while ...

Volunteers recently picked up trash around the Blackstone River Watershed in Worcester to mark the 50th anniversary of the ZAP cleanup. On Sept. 9, 1972, about 10,000 people descended on the banks of ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Foul-smelling sewage has been spilling into the Blackstone River from the Woonsocket Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility since Wednesday. The state Department of ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — On Saturday many residents across Rhode Island and Massachusetts commemorated one of the largest environmental clean-ups to take place on the Blackstone River.

In 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency and Nuka Research and Planning Group developed a geographic response strategy for 10 locations along the Blackstone River in case of an oil spill.

The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, recognized as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, is one step closer to being made a national historic park. Members of Congress ...