Greenwich Bay in Rhode Island encompasses some of the most productive clam beds on the East Coast. After a severe Nor'Easter in December 1992, elevated levels of bacteria triggered an extended closure of the bay to shellfishing. In response, EPA, the Narragansett Bay National Estuary Program (NBNEP), the City of Warwick, Save the Bay, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the RI Shellfisherman's Association, and the RI Coastal Resource Management Council pooled resources and established the "Greenwich Bay Initiative" to re-open the shellfish beds. The NBNEP and the University of Rhode Island received a federal grant to pinpoint sources of contamination to the bay. Untreated sewage from rest rooms at an old mill and a farm manure storage pile turned out to be the major sources of the bacterial contamination. The rest room discharges have been eliminated and the NRCS is working with the farm owner on a manure storage plan. Shellfishing resumed in June, 1994 on a partially restricted basis. In the last year, EPA has been working with its many partners toward full restoration of Greenwich Bay. The goal is to open the shellfishing beds unconditionally and to ensure that a sustainable yield shellfish management plan is in place to protect the bay in the future.