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A Successful Shoreline Cleanup!

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693 pounds of trash were removed from the shore and park areas of the Grove on April 23!

693 pounds of trash were removed from the shore and park areas of the Grove on April 23!

On Saturday, April 23, Save the Bay hosted a Shoreline Cleanup at Salter Grove in honor of Earth Day. During that time over 30 volunteers gathered to pick up trash and litter from both the waterfront and inner areas of the Grove and also to learn a little more about FoSG and what we are working to accomplish at the park. In just a span of under two hours nearly 700 pounds of trash were collected and bagged—fantastic job everyone!

Check out more pictures from the cleanup event below:

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Shoreline Cleanup at Salter Grove

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Click to sign up for the event!

Click to sign up for the event!

Save the date! There will be a Shoreline Cleanup at Salter Grove organized by Save The Bay in honor of Earth Day on Saturday, April 23 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Come on down and help clean up trash around the Salter Grove shore and other park areas in preparation for spring and summer outdoor activities. Trash bags and disposable gloves will be available, but you are encouraged to bring your own work or garden gloves if you have them.

A short presentation from the Friends of Salter Grove will be given to outline our vision for the park before the cleanup commences. We look forward to your participation—many hands make quick work!

Click here to sign up for the event.

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Warwick Rep. McNamara Seeks to Restore Salter Grove Bridge

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The eastern causeway bridge at Salter Grove during low tide, Feb. 2016. (Credit: Jason Major)

The eastern causeway bridge at Salter Grove during low tide, Feb. 2016. (Credit: Jason Major)

One of the key proponents of improvements to Salter Grove and the efforts of FoSG is Warwick Representative Joseph McNamara, who for safety and access concerns ” is pressing to find the funds to repair a foot bridge that has been impassable since Super Storm Sandy.”

The bridge in question once spanned a gap in the eastern end of the causeway that leads from the parking area of the park to a rock breakwater that runs along upper Narragansett Bay/Providence River and connects Rock Island at the south with Marsh Island to the north.

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