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Progressive Charlestown: Senate OKs Sosnowski legislation to create Rhode Island Lake Management Program

Invasion of the (Water)Body Snatchers: Aquatic Invasives Take Over Rhode Island's Fresh Waters

Coventry T.C. holds hearing on use of ARPA funds

COVENTRY — From allocating funds to the town’s fire districts, to tackling projects that will improve the health of its lakes and ponds, residents so far have proposed a range

Local nonprofit holds beach cleanup, aims to rid Breezy Lake of milfoil

COVENTRY — On the eastern side of Coventry, a small body of water has long been a favorite spot of swimmers, kayakers and anglers, alike. But with aquatic invasives threatening its future, a group of residents is on a mission to restore the lake they love by keeping the troublesome plants at bay.  “We wanted to save the lake,” Tom Pendergast, vice president of the newfound Upper Dam Pond Conservation Association, said during a beach cleanup event over the weekend.  Like many bodies of water across southern New England, Upper Dam Pond is plagued by aquatic invasive plants. Tangled among the native lilies that dot its surface, variable milfoil has begun to choke the pond, known locally as Breezy Lake.