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The Native leader who gave Ninigret Pond its name. The pond is named for Ninigret, (1600-1676), who was a sachem of the Niantic and Narragansett tribes. The Indigenous people once fished, hunted ...
According to information compiled by the Rhode Island Sea Grant program, Ninigret Pond's watershed covers 7,645.65 acres (3,094.08 ha), of which 5,820.79 acres (2,355.59 ha) is occupied by water; Ninigret Pond itself has a surface area of 1,580.38 acres (639.56 ha), while other, smaller bodies of water account for the other 244.48 acres (98.94 ha).
The Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge situated along the shore of Ninigret Pond. [2] It is characterized by salt marshes , kettle ponds , freshwater wetlands , maritime shrub lands, and forests, and it is seasonally inhabited by over 250 species of birds.
Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Rhode Island.Its headquarters is in Charlestown, Rhode Island.Dotted along the Rhode Island's Atlantic coastline, the five refuges that make up the complex (Ninigret, Trustom Pond, John H. Chafee at Petaquamscutt Cove, Block Island and Sachuest Point) offer a wide variety of natural settings.
The annual contest is hosted by The Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island.
After learning about Dambo and his work, Bishop visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, where five of Dambo's trolls live.In 2021, after the trolls were added, the Boothbay attraction saw the ...
Little Narragansett Bay, Watch Hill, R.I. Little Narragansett Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and an estuary of the Pawcatuck River on the Rhode Island–Connecticut state line.
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