Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Our Purpose
The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) creates positive environmental, social, and economic change by revitalizing the Woonasquatucket River, its Greenway and its communities. WRWC incorporated in 2001 when the Woonasquatucket was designated one of only 14 American Heritage Rivers in the United States due to its high historic and cultural significance and high levels of contamination. WRWC works toward safe and clean waters, environmental justice, and climate resilience throughout our watershed:• We invest in resident and youth leadership.• We install, maintain, and activate urban parkland, a muti-use greenway trail, and nature-based stormwater systems.• We restore and monitor urban river waters and habitats.• We provide environmental education, recreation and community engagement at all levels.Working since 2019 under the WRWC umbrella as "Nuevas Voces," Latino community lower watershed residents, staff, program graduates, stakeholders and allies began investing in autonomously driven projects and programs to enable lower watershed residents to build climate and environmental justice and resilience from within the community core. WRWC is the organizational home of Nuevas Voces work and an anchoring partner in all we do, combining the community expertise of residents and the restoration and nature-based problem solving expertise of WRWC.