Chuck Horbert is still spreading the good word of Rhode Island paddling, 11 years after traversing the state by canoe (mostly ...

“Since the 1972 passage of the Clean Water Act, EPA and states have worked hard to improve water quality in waterbodies throughout Rhode Island and New England, including the Blackstone River ...

This section of the Blackstone River Bikeway within Rhode Island is one of the longest bikeways in the state, almost 20 miles in total, some of which take riders off-road. There are parts of the ...

Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island ... the Blackstone was “one of America’s most polluted rivers.” In 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency said the river held ...

On Sept. 9, 1972, about 10,000 people descended on the banks of the Blackstone River. Flowing 48 miles south through Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Blackstone at the time was considered ...

How the color of the water would change depending on what dyes were being used at the riverside factories. How the water was so polluted it couldn’t even be used for fighting fires because it ...