NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Engaging Frontline Communities to Build Climate and Watershed Resilience (RI)
Organization:
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Project ID:
0318.23.076319
Description:

Engage frontline residents through Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council's New Voices Program and Providence's Racial and Environmental Justice Committee's Green Justice Zones Program to design a nature-based watershed resilience project. Project will equip residents with tools to engage in green infrastructure projects and a watershed-wide flood resilience project to reduce impacts of sea level rise, extreme heat, and improve water and habitat quality.

Award Amount:
$250000.00
Location:
Woonasquatucket and Providence River Watersheds in Providence, Rhode Island