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Narragansett Bay Estuary Program GPRA 2008 Report Summary by Habitat Category


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2008 Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
NEP Habitat Category Acreage


2008 Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Pie Chart showing NEP Habitat Category by Acreage

Total Acreage: 46.10


The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program NEP has protected and/or restored a total of 46.10 acres of habitat in 2008. The pie chart shows the proportion of acreage devoted to each habitat-type, including 100% for In-Stream habitat.

The Table immediately below provides brief summary information about the protection and/or restoration projects completed and reported by the NEP in 2008.

Year 2008 Projects
Project Name Activity Project Description Habitat Type Acreage Linear Miles
Atlantic Mills Fish Passage Reestablishment Part of a Brownfields community project which removed underground storage tanks and remediated site contamination, the Atlantic Mills fish passage project is one step in the effort to provide fish passage at the first five dams on the Woonasquatucket to allow fish such as shad and herring to access riverine habitat. In-Stream 3.4 0
Fish Passage on the Three Mile River: Harodite Dam Reestablishment Construction of fish ladder on at the Harodite Dam on the Three Mile River in Massachusetts, part of the Taunton River watershed. Part of an effort to install fish passage at 3 dams on the Three Mile River and one of the projects funded under the 2003 Narragansett Bay Targeted Watershed grant In-Stream 2.5 0
Rising Sun Fish Passage Reestablishment Construction of denil fish ladder on existing mill dam to allow passage of herring and shad. Sited in highly urbanized stretch of the Woonasquatucket River. In-Stream 1.8 0
Shad Factory Pond Fish Passage Reestablishment Construction of denil fish ladder on the Shad Factory Pond dam on the Kickemuit River to restore herring and shad runs. In-Stream 38.4 0
Total 46.1 0

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