PRAWC Goals

The PRAWC has been not just talking the talk but also walking the walk for the past 30 years. We’ve developed many long term and short term goals that we use to measure our rate of success. Here is a list of our goals, in no particular order, that we have been striving to reach.

- To advance EDUCATION for the public as to the enviornmental importance of the Pawtuxet River and its surrounding watershed.

- To stimulate PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, and ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT, by acquiring open space for public use and wildlife habitat, maintaining river control equipment, working with state and local government as well as private agencies to promote responsible residential and industrial uses of the watershed compatible with the need to safegaurd the waters of the Pawtuxet system, and encouraging and initiating plans that establish priorities for long-term land preservation and stream corridor regeneration.

- To promote RECREATION to foster enjoyment and relaxation on and along the Pawtuxet River and i its tributaries by the development of walking, biking, canoeing, boating, fishing and birding areas and programs.

- To cultivate HERITAGE by working cooperatively with preservation an historical societies throughout the Pawtuxet Watershed to emphazise cultural and natural history.

- To DEVELOP the PRAWC by transforming it from a “river authority” to a “watershed council,” operating sound grants acquisition and project management systems, increasing membership, and utilizing current communication technologies.