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CLEAN TEAM: Roger Williams Park Zoo has a new plan to prevent stormwater runoff from contaminating the park’s 100 acres of lakes. Contributors to the project included, from left, Molly Welsh of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs for the zoo; and Brian Kuchar, Horsley Witten Group principal landscape architect who is leading the project.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Horsley Witten completes plan to address stormwater runoff at RWP Zoo


Positioned along the border of Providence and Cranston sits the nation’s third-oldest zoo. Opened in 1872, the Roger Williams Park Zoo has undergone many expansion...

401Gives raises more than $5M for nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – It was another record-setting effort for 401Gives Day. This year's 401Gives initiative, Rhode Island’s annual day of giving organized by United Way of...
SHINING EXAMPLE: The University of Rhode Island solar carport was erected two years ago over a 400-spot parking lot along Plains Road on the South Kingstown campus. 
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Solar carport projects fueling climate goals

There has been a lot of talk these days about net-zero emissions – removing more greenhouse gases than produced – but Jeffrey Hall says...

United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives...

PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...

401Gives Day surpasses $4.01M fundraising goal

PROVIDENCE – The long-awaited goal that United Way of Rhode Island Inc. set in 2023 for its largest single-day nonprofit fundraising initiative was finally...

Audubon Society expands in R.I. with donated 305 acres

SMITHFIELD - Audubon Society of Rhode Island has received a pair of land donations that expand the organization’s protected area across the state to...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded 23 animal support entities $530,000 in grants to help with various support services. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $530K in grants to 23 animal support entities

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three animal support nonprofits and entities received $530,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation Tuesday to help support a range of services to...

Bank of America/Merrill employees raise $26K to support Audubon Society of...

PROVIDENCE – Employees of the Bank of America/Merrill Call Center in Lincoln recently donated $26,000 to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, which the...
A SPECIAL WATERFIRE event took place April 1 as part of the 2023 401Gives Day initiative. The weekend-long statewide nonprofit support event raised a record $3.5 million for more than 540 organizations. / COURTESY AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND

401Gives Day event raises $3.5M, sets new records for fundraising

PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest nonprofit fundraising initiative over the weekend set a new standard for raising money for local organizations. Now, it has...

Rhode Island native Jeffrey Hall joined the Audubon Society of Rhode Island in 2000, serving 
as the first director of the Nature Center and Aquarium in Bristol, and later as Audubon 
senior director of advancement. Hall was 
named executive director in 2022. / COURTESY AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND

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Jeffrey C. Hall | Audubon Society of Rhode Island executive director For over 125 years, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island has been connecting people with...
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