Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District (ERICD)
@ericonservation.bsky.social
An environmental non-profit dedicated to conserving the natural resources of Newport and Bristol counties!
Stay up to date with us: https://linktr.ee/ericd
Stay up to date with us: https://linktr.ee/ericd
Soil isn’t scenery. It’s working infrastructure. Lose it and you lose stability—food security, clean water, carbon storage, habitat. Everything above ground depends on what’s happening beneath it.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Soil isn’t scenery. It’s working infrastructure. Lose it and you lose stability—food security, clean water, carbon storage, habitat. Everything above ground depends on what’s happening beneath it.
Real climate action in Rhode Island is happening in classrooms and cafeterias. A new partnership is helping schools divert food scraps to Black Earth Compost—cutting methane and returning nutrients to local soil. Aquidneck Elementary joins 60+ schools already leading the way.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Real climate action in Rhode Island is happening in classrooms and cafeterias. A new partnership is helping schools divert food scraps to Black Earth Compost—cutting methane and returning nutrients to local soil. Aquidneck Elementary joins 60+ schools already leading the way.
Calling all Bristol apartment dwellers: Your food scraps are about to become environmental heroes!
Who says composting is just for homeowners? Your kitchen counter is all the space you need.
Sign up: blackearthcompost.com/bristol
Who says composting is just for homeowners? Your kitchen counter is all the space you need.
Sign up: blackearthcompost.com/bristol
Join The Bristol, RI Compost Pilot
The Bristol Curbside Compost Collection Pilot offers Free Bin Starter Kit and 66% Off Weekly Food Scrap Pick Up Service the first year, 33% Off the Second year.
blackearthcompost.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Calling all Bristol apartment dwellers: Your food scraps are about to become environmental heroes!
Who says composting is just for homeowners? Your kitchen counter is all the space you need.
Sign up: blackearthcompost.com/bristol
Who says composting is just for homeowners? Your kitchen counter is all the space you need.
Sign up: blackearthcompost.com/bristol
Ready to protect the coast you love? Newport’s FREE curbside compost program is open — and filling fast.
What you get (100% free):
Compost bin starter kit ($36 value)
Weekly pickup for 2 years ($300 value)
Cleaner bays, beaches & peace of mind
👉 Claim your spot: blackearthcompost.com/newport
What you get (100% free):
Compost bin starter kit ($36 value)
Weekly pickup for 2 years ($300 value)
Cleaner bays, beaches & peace of mind
👉 Claim your spot: blackearthcompost.com/newport
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ready to protect the coast you love? Newport’s FREE curbside compost program is open — and filling fast.
What you get (100% free):
Compost bin starter kit ($36 value)
Weekly pickup for 2 years ($300 value)
Cleaner bays, beaches & peace of mind
👉 Claim your spot: blackearthcompost.com/newport
What you get (100% free):
Compost bin starter kit ($36 value)
Weekly pickup for 2 years ($300 value)
Cleaner bays, beaches & peace of mind
👉 Claim your spot: blackearthcompost.com/newport
ERICD is Open for Business!
While the federal government shutdown affects our partners at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Eastern RI Conservation District remains fully operational and is here to help.
While the federal government shutdown affects our partners at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Eastern RI Conservation District remains fully operational and is here to help.
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
ERICD is Open for Business!
While the federal government shutdown affects our partners at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Eastern RI Conservation District remains fully operational and is here to help.
While the federal government shutdown affects our partners at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Eastern RI Conservation District remains fully operational and is here to help.
The best part of removing invasive species? Finding out who you've helped.
This is why we do the unglamorous work of pulling invasive plants.
Native plants = native pollinators. It's that simple.
This is why we do the unglamorous work of pulling invasive plants.
Native plants = native pollinators. It's that simple.
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The best part of removing invasive species? Finding out who you've helped.
This is why we do the unglamorous work of pulling invasive plants.
Native plants = native pollinators. It's that simple.
This is why we do the unglamorous work of pulling invasive plants.
Native plants = native pollinators. It's that simple.
Rhode Island farmers: You may be 1 of approximately 23,000 operators contacted by @USDA_NRCS for the 2025 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Survey.
Findings will be used to assess the outcomes of conservation on cultivated cropland.
Learn more: nrcs.usda.gov/ceap/croplands
Findings will be used to assess the outcomes of conservation on cultivated cropland.
Learn more: nrcs.usda.gov/ceap/croplands
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Rhode Island farmers: You may be 1 of approximately 23,000 operators contacted by @USDA_NRCS for the 2025 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Survey.
Findings will be used to assess the outcomes of conservation on cultivated cropland.
Learn more: nrcs.usda.gov/ceap/croplands
Findings will be used to assess the outcomes of conservation on cultivated cropland.
Learn more: nrcs.usda.gov/ceap/croplands
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The birds eat the insects, but what do the insects eat? Native plants! 🌱
Celebrate the last day of #NativePlantMonth with the latest Wild Birds Unlimited podcast! Dig into native plant trends, the importance of keystone plants, and how to garden to benefit birds! 🐦
Listen now 📲: ow.ly/nCQc50VHehb
Celebrate the last day of #NativePlantMonth with the latest Wild Birds Unlimited podcast! Dig into native plant trends, the importance of keystone plants, and how to garden to benefit birds! 🐦
Listen now 📲: ow.ly/nCQc50VHehb
April 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The birds eat the insects, but what do the insects eat? Native plants! 🌱
Celebrate the last day of #NativePlantMonth with the latest Wild Birds Unlimited podcast! Dig into native plant trends, the importance of keystone plants, and how to garden to benefit birds! 🐦
Listen now 📲: ow.ly/nCQc50VHehb
Celebrate the last day of #NativePlantMonth with the latest Wild Birds Unlimited podcast! Dig into native plant trends, the importance of keystone plants, and how to garden to benefit birds! 🐦
Listen now 📲: ow.ly/nCQc50VHehb
ONLY TWO MORE RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS LEFT! 🌧🛢
Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio or head over to www.easternriconservation.org/earthmonth!
Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio or head over to www.easternriconservation.org/earthmonth!
April 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ONLY TWO MORE RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS LEFT! 🌧🛢
Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio or head over to www.easternriconservation.org/earthmonth!
Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio or head over to www.easternriconservation.org/earthmonth!
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Join us to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Wicked Tulips Farm this Friday! We will have speakers from RI DEM and our board discussing the Wicked Tulips journey and where we go from here!
Please note, this celebration will be held at the Johnston farm.
See you there!
Please note, this celebration will be held at the Johnston farm.
See you there!
April 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join us to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Wicked Tulips Farm this Friday! We will have speakers from RI DEM and our board discussing the Wicked Tulips journey and where we go from here!
Please note, this celebration will be held at the Johnston farm.
See you there!
Please note, this celebration will be held at the Johnston farm.
See you there!
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🎨 🌊 Nearly 300 pieces of artwork were submitted to this year’s Ocean View Art Competition! The creativity and talent of Rhode Island’s young artists are truly impressive.
Thank you and congratulations to all who participated!
➡️ See the artwork and explore Ocean View: buff.ly/CnNuPkE
Thank you and congratulations to all who participated!
➡️ See the artwork and explore Ocean View: buff.ly/CnNuPkE
April 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎨 🌊 Nearly 300 pieces of artwork were submitted to this year’s Ocean View Art Competition! The creativity and talent of Rhode Island’s young artists are truly impressive.
Thank you and congratulations to all who participated!
➡️ See the artwork and explore Ocean View: buff.ly/CnNuPkE
Thank you and congratulations to all who participated!
➡️ See the artwork and explore Ocean View: buff.ly/CnNuPkE
Due to inclement weather, we have decided to go ahead with moving our Middletown Rain Barrel Workshop and Flogland Plog event to the pre-scheduled rain date of THIS SUNDAY APRIL 27TH.
You can learn more on our website!
You can learn more on our website!
Rain Dates for Fogland Plog and Middletown Rain Barrel Workshop — ERICD
Due to inclement weather, we have decided to go ahead with moving our Middletown Rain Barrel Workshop and Flogland Plog event to the pre-scheduled rain date of THIS SUNDAY APRIL 27TH. Middletown Ra...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Due to inclement weather, we have decided to go ahead with moving our Middletown Rain Barrel Workshop and Flogland Plog event to the pre-scheduled rain date of THIS SUNDAY APRIL 27TH.
You can learn more on our website!
You can learn more on our website!
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Happy Right Whale Day to all, but especially to this adorable new baby whale showing up fashionably late to calving season! 💙
Researchers identify season’s 11th North Atlantic right whale mother and calf
(April 21, 2025) Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown on Friday spotted a previously undetected North Atlantic right whale mother and calf in Cape Cod Bay.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Right Whale Day to all, but especially to this adorable new baby whale showing up fashionably late to calving season! 💙
It's Stormwater Wednesdays! 🌧 Today we are looking at how rain barrels can help reduce stormwater runoff!
Want to know more about the process? 🌧🏡 ERICD's Stormwater Info Session is on April 28th, 6:30-7:30Ppm at the Quinta Gamelin Community Center. Email rbrancato.ericd@gmail.com to RSVP!
Want to know more about the process? 🌧🏡 ERICD's Stormwater Info Session is on April 28th, 6:30-7:30Ppm at the Quinta Gamelin Community Center. Email rbrancato.ericd@gmail.com to RSVP!
April 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's Stormwater Wednesdays! 🌧 Today we are looking at how rain barrels can help reduce stormwater runoff!
Want to know more about the process? 🌧🏡 ERICD's Stormwater Info Session is on April 28th, 6:30-7:30Ppm at the Quinta Gamelin Community Center. Email rbrancato.ericd@gmail.com to RSVP!
Want to know more about the process? 🌧🏡 ERICD's Stormwater Info Session is on April 28th, 6:30-7:30Ppm at the Quinta Gamelin Community Center. Email rbrancato.ericd@gmail.com to RSVP!
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Happy Earth Day from NRICD! As a reminder, we also have our monthly board meeting tonight. Join us in person or online via Youtube! See you there!
#earthday #environment #conservation #rhodeisland
#earthday #environment #conservation #rhodeisland
April 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Earth Day from NRICD! As a reminder, we also have our monthly board meeting tonight. Join us in person or online via Youtube! See you there!
#earthday #environment #conservation #rhodeisland
#earthday #environment #conservation #rhodeisland
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Happy Earth Day! Take a moment today to disconnect from screens and step outside. Feel the sun on your face, listen to birds and breathe in the fresh air. Reconnect and remember what we’re working for. nature.ly/44zSTGk
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Earth Day! Take a moment today to disconnect from screens and step outside. Feel the sun on your face, listen to birds and breathe in the fresh air. Reconnect and remember what we’re working for. nature.ly/44zSTGk
HAPPY EARTH DAY!🌎
At ERICD, we strive to celebrate earth day every day through our programs, events, and education. Here are some highlights from our year; from farm tours to farm stands, we have done it all!✨
Looking to get more involved this earth month? Check out our upcoming events!
At ERICD, we strive to celebrate earth day every day through our programs, events, and education. Here are some highlights from our year; from farm tours to farm stands, we have done it all!✨
Looking to get more involved this earth month? Check out our upcoming events!
April 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
HAPPY EARTH DAY!🌎
At ERICD, we strive to celebrate earth day every day through our programs, events, and education. Here are some highlights from our year; from farm tours to farm stands, we have done it all!✨
Looking to get more involved this earth month? Check out our upcoming events!
At ERICD, we strive to celebrate earth day every day through our programs, events, and education. Here are some highlights from our year; from farm tours to farm stands, we have done it all!✨
Looking to get more involved this earth month? Check out our upcoming events!
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While ocean temperatures are hitting record highs and devastating marine life, millions of tons of plastics are entering our ocean each year.
But this Earth Day, we can turn the tide. Join us and DOUBLE your impact today! 🌎 bit.ly/42UOUD5 🌎
#OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay
But this Earth Day, we can turn the tide. Join us and DOUBLE your impact today! 🌎 bit.ly/42UOUD5 🌎
#OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
While ocean temperatures are hitting record highs and devastating marine life, millions of tons of plastics are entering our ocean each year.
But this Earth Day, we can turn the tide. Join us and DOUBLE your impact today! 🌎 bit.ly/42UOUD5 🌎
#OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay
But this Earth Day, we can turn the tide. Join us and DOUBLE your impact today! 🌎 bit.ly/42UOUD5 🌎
#OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay
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Today is the big day! Happy #EarthDay from NOAA!
Check out noaa.gov/Earthday, & visit noaa.gov any time for the latest Earth science news, scientific research discoveries & ways you can get involved to help our home planet.
Check out noaa.gov/Earthday, & visit noaa.gov any time for the latest Earth science news, scientific research discoveries & ways you can get involved to help our home planet.
April 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is the big day! Happy #EarthDay from NOAA!
Check out noaa.gov/Earthday, & visit noaa.gov any time for the latest Earth science news, scientific research discoveries & ways you can get involved to help our home planet.
Check out noaa.gov/Earthday, & visit noaa.gov any time for the latest Earth science news, scientific research discoveries & ways you can get involved to help our home planet.
Looking for an easy way to help out your garden?🌱 Try a rain barrel!🌧️🛢️ Rain barrels help provide essential nutrients to your garden while cutting down on run-off pollution.
Our next rain barrel event is THIS SATURDAY in Middletown! We have limited stock, and sales end soon so purchase today!
Our next rain barrel event is THIS SATURDAY in Middletown! We have limited stock, and sales end soon so purchase today!
Middletown Take-and-Make Rain Barrel Workshop
Learn how to make a rain barrel and take it home for a fraction of the retail cost, while supporting local conservation efforts!
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April 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looking for an easy way to help out your garden?🌱 Try a rain barrel!🌧️🛢️ Rain barrels help provide essential nutrients to your garden while cutting down on run-off pollution.
Our next rain barrel event is THIS SATURDAY in Middletown! We have limited stock, and sales end soon so purchase today!
Our next rain barrel event is THIS SATURDAY in Middletown! We have limited stock, and sales end soon so purchase today!
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💧Putting Drinking Water First - Protecting ALL Water is Protecting ALL of Us💧
Hot off the press! 📢 Clean Water Action just released a powerful new white paper explaining why protecting all our water resources—including streams and wetlands—is essential to safeguarding our drinking water.
Hot off the press! 📢 Clean Water Action just released a powerful new white paper explaining why protecting all our water resources—including streams and wetlands—is essential to safeguarding our drinking water.
April 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
💧Putting Drinking Water First - Protecting ALL Water is Protecting ALL of Us💧
Hot off the press! 📢 Clean Water Action just released a powerful new white paper explaining why protecting all our water resources—including streams and wetlands—is essential to safeguarding our drinking water.
Hot off the press! 📢 Clean Water Action just released a powerful new white paper explaining why protecting all our water resources—including streams and wetlands—is essential to safeguarding our drinking water.
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Happy Monday! Our seedlings have arrived at the farm and are ready to be sorted for their new homes! We're selling out fast, but online ordering closes on 4/24. So grab your favorites while they're still here! Please reach out with any questions!
#seedlingsale #fundraiser #conservation #earthmonth
#seedlingsale #fundraiser #conservation #earthmonth
April 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy Monday! Our seedlings have arrived at the farm and are ready to be sorted for their new homes! We're selling out fast, but online ordering closes on 4/24. So grab your favorites while they're still here! Please reach out with any questions!
#seedlingsale #fundraiser #conservation #earthmonth
#seedlingsale #fundraiser #conservation #earthmonth
GOING, GOING, GOING, GONE! Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!🌧
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio!
Please wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty to pick up, as we will be sanding and painting barrels!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio!
Please wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty to pick up, as we will be sanding and painting barrels!
April 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
GOING, GOING, GOING, GONE! Our rain barrels are selling out fast, make sure you get yours before they're all gone!🌧
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio!
Please wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty to pick up, as we will be sanding and painting barrels!
To purchase check out the linktree in our bio!
Please wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty to pick up, as we will be sanding and painting barrels!
Last month, Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District, alongside local and regional partners, filed a lawsuit in RI Federal court challenging the ongoing freeze on congressionally approved federal funding, grants, and projects. Read more about the current rulings and updates:
R.I. federal judge orders Trump administration to resume grant payments to environmental nonprofits • Rhode Island Current
Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on Tuesday ordered federal agencies to resume payments of congressionally appropriated funding already awarded to local environmental nonp...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Last month, Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District, alongside local and regional partners, filed a lawsuit in RI Federal court challenging the ongoing freeze on congressionally approved federal funding, grants, and projects. Read more about the current rulings and updates:
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Explore 1,200 acres of forest at Sprague Farm with WRWC naturalists this Fri, Apr 18 from 5:30–7:30 PM 🌲 Learn RI’s hidden history, ID plants & contribute to iNaturalist. Moderate 2-hr hike in Chepachet.
wrwc.org/events/sprag...
wrwc.org/events/sprag...
Sprague Farm Naturalist Hike - Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Join WRWC for a guided hike at Sprague Farm to explore local ecology, history, and spring wildlife on April 18
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April 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Explore 1,200 acres of forest at Sprague Farm with WRWC naturalists this Fri, Apr 18 from 5:30–7:30 PM 🌲 Learn RI’s hidden history, ID plants & contribute to iNaturalist. Moderate 2-hr hike in Chepachet.
wrwc.org/events/sprag...
wrwc.org/events/sprag...