Narragansett Bay

Global warming, pollution, crime, politics, and the economy. These are all examples of problems that every state faces, but there are solutions as well. In this report, I will be talking about 3 issues that Rhode Island is currently dealing with, and some solutions that the government and local people have come up with. I will also explain why these issues are such a big deal, and how they have affected the state. The first one, is pollution in Narragansett Bay, which is probably the biggest freshwater supply available to Rhode Islanders. Lately, big companies and industries have been trying to find loopholes in the Clean Water Act since it was passed 40 years ago.The Clean Water Act is a law that protects America’s oceans by governing water…

It is about the feeling that emanates from a place as a combination of the physical environment and the surrounding community that produces a feeling of place. A place encapsulates an entire community of people and the folklore that is associated within the place. One must embrace their surroundings in order to get the full feeling of being from a place. I consider my place to be the state of Rhode Island. I grew up in that area and and connected with the people neighboring me and got in…

Narragansett is an English corruption of Nanhigganeuck, their actual name meaning "people of the small point." The Dutch used the shortened form of Nahican. Location Narragansett is located in Narragansett Bay and western Rhode Island the grand sachem who usually resided in the largest village. Their villages of medium-sized longhouses were usually large energetic and located on the islands on the islands of Narragansett Bay. They farmed extremely large fields of corn,beans,and squash.…

The tribes occupied the coastal area from Provincetown, Massachusetts all the way to Narragansett Bay, where they lived off the land and fish in the coastal waters. Today, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Museum preserves and highlights the rich indigenous culture and historic significance of the Town of Mashpee, on Cape Cod. Although the Vikings are often mentioned as the earliest Europeans to make contact on Cape Cod, official accounts places Englishman Bartholomew Gosnold in Provincetown at the…

But instead of the native style of warfare, which took hostages, but had a few casualties, the Europeans massacred the Native Americans, including women and children. These terror tactics shocked the First Nation people. This is one of those examples of greed. The settlers wanted all the land and the natives were probably so fed up. First the settlers come, then they force their religion on them, than they attack them. Captain John Underhill wrote about the Pequot War of 1637 in his News from…

teaching, and in those teachings are the dignity of a human being, call to a particular group or family and to participate, rights and responsibilities, giving to the wellbeing of the poor, dignity and rights of workers, solidarity, and lastly care for god’s creation. The Chesapeake Bay has been degraded by pollution, manmade and natural change over the course of many years. But many young adults can make a change and help out by taking part in restoration programs like cleanups around the…

thanks to innovation in technology but it still has a long journey to go before it can compete with other renewable sources such as wind energy. FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy) has been perfecting this technology so that Canadians around the Atlantic region can have access to a eco-friendly energy source that will not only provide them energy but one that can have minimal damage on the aquatic eco-systems. Tidal energy works by harnessing the force of tides. This force will push…

10 strokes of the cat-of-nine-tails. Time being more precious they both chose the combination punishment getting 5 lashes the next day and the last 5 twelve days later. Thomas left Foley as the lumber industry in Foley and Conger Townships became too marginal and headed for Ramsey, Ontario, originally a gold mine town but in 1947, as Thomas arrived, it was turning into a lumber town. Lottie and Thomas retired back in Parry Sound with Lottie passing away on May 26, 1966 and Thomas nearly 4 years…

Economic Benefits Introducing a large-scale tidal power project in the Bay of Fundy region would create employment opportunities, increase GDP and tax revenue and may decrease health care expenditures. Employment 22 000 full-time equivalent jobs are expected to arise from a large tidal power project. The planning, construction and maintenance of the turbines would require many employees during both the construction and operation and maintenance phases. The majority of these jobs would be in…

Reference Ecosystem for Arimawhai Point, Great Mercury Island Introduction When a company, community, trust or private land owner plan on creating a reserve on a degraded landscape they must consider using a reference ecosystem when in the process of planning how to create the reserve. A reference ecosystem is another ecosystem that has the same features as the planned ecosystem this can include temperature, average amount of rainfall, soil type/geology, vegetation type. Reference ecosystems…