7 Rivers Festival – Hike At Carter Preserve
When: Sunday, June 26, at 10 a.m.
What: Narragansett Trail Hike at the Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown
Why: Celebrating the Wild and Scenic Status of the Wood-Pawcatuck Waterways
Where: You must register for this event. Once registered, you will be contacted with meeting place and other details. Click on this link to register.
The Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council (Stewardship Council) presents the 1st annual 7 Rivers Festival during National Rivers Month.
Part of this celebration is a Narragansett Trail Hike at the Carter Preserve led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC).
This is an approximately 3-mile section hike of Narragansett Trail, at The Nature Conservancy’s Carter Preserve, with narration from AMC and TNC on the ecology along this section of Narragansett Trail (which runs alongside the Pawcatuck River), history of the trail, and on the efforts by the AMC to restore the historic Narragansett Trail in RI.
Hike will be divided into two sections: one a shorter 1.5-mile, out-and-back hike; the other a, roughly, 3-mile, out-and-back hike, continuing along the Narragansett Trail, throughout the Preserve.
Event host contact: krobinson@outdoors.org
Space is limited, registration is required. Dogs are allowed. Heavy rain may cancel.
In March 2019, after thousands of hours of community effort, spanning 10 years and led by the WPWA, Rhode Island and Connecticut residents received word that their waterways within the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed received a National Wild and Scenic designation by the Federal Government. This special care and protection status is held by less than 1% of the 3.6 million miles of waterways in the United States.
For more information on the 7 Rivers Festival go to https://wpwildrivers.org/7-rivers-festival/
For all of the 7 Rivers Festival events throughout the watershed go to https://wpwildrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7-Rivers-Festival-Brochure-Final.pdf
The Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council was established in early 2019 with representatives from the twelve towns in the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed along with environmental state agencies and non-profit conservation organizations. The Council’s mission is to help preserve, protect and enhance the special environmental, cultural and recreational values of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed and its Wild and Scenic Rivers and tributaries in Rhode Island and Connecticut for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.
The Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers program employs a collaborative model to manage federally protected rivers. These rivers are managed through long-term partnerships between the National Park Service and local, regional, and state stakeholders. This locally-driven, collaborative planning and management approach to river conservation is an effective alternative to direct federal management and administration.
The banner image is a photograph of the Pawcatuck River in the Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown by Cliff Vanover.
June 14, 2022 @ 12:53 pm
The Wood Pawcatuck river system is a wonderful treasure in our neighborhood. There are many access points for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. At a number of these one can paddle upstream in relatively calm water with a very gentle current, then turn and paddle back to your car, this way you do not need 2 cars for in and out. The Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association (or WPWA pronounced wipwah) is an excellent organization well worthy of our interest and membership.