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		<title>Public Lecture Sept. 27: What&#8217;s the Deal with Seals?</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/09/21/whats-the-deal-with-seals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RINHS will host a lecture “Seal Biology &#038; Ecology in New England: Insights Through Strandings” by C.T. Harry, on Tuesday evening, September 27th, at 7:30 p.m. in Corless Auditorium on the URI &#8211; Graduate School of Oceanography, Bay Campus in Narragansett (URI-GSO). The Natural History Survey&#8217;s 17th Annual Meeting will precede the September 27 lecture, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water chestnut pull is on for Saturday, Sept. 10</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/09/06/water-chestnut-pull-is-on-for-saturday-sept-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RINHS and Westerly Land Trust are coordinating another water chestnut pull at Chapman Pond in Westerly to replace the one we had to cancel because of Hurricane Irene. On Saturday, September 10, from 8 am to 12 noon, please come out for a muddy morning on the water and help preserve our wonderful pond for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Chestnut Pull August 27 CANCELLED</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/08/26/water-chestnut-pull-august-27-cancelled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The water chestnut pull scheduled for Chapman Pond, Westerly, on Saturday, August 27, is cancelled. With the approach of Hurricane Irene, many of our most reliable volunteers have informed us they will be busy with storm preparations and can&#8217;t make it. We are rescheduling the Chapman Pond water chestnut pull for Saturday, September 10, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pull Water Chestnut for Fun and Profit&#8230;Well, Just for Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/07/19/pull-water-chestnut-for-fun-and-profit-well-just-for-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers are needed to help pull the invasive plant water chestnut (Trapa natans) from Chapman Pond, in Westerly, on Sunday, July 24, from 8 am to 12 noon. Meet at the DEM boat ramp off Town Landfill Road off of Rt-91 (Westerly-Bradford Road). Everyone should bring sturdy gloves that can get wet, clothes that can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 BioBlitz in Scituate June 10-11</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/03/31/2011-bioblitz-in-scituate-june-10-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited to announce that the 2011 BioBlitz will be held at the Joslin Farm site in Scituate from 3 p.m. Friday June 10 to 3 pm Saturday June 11. Providence Water is the land owner and local host and Roger Williams Park Zoo is the lead sponsor. Joslin Farm is approximately in the center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Speakers Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full program of presenters for RINHS&#8217;s 2011 Ecology of Rhode Island Conference, &#8220;Science and Management of Salt Ponds and Coastal Lagoons,&#8221; is now available. Please visit the conference page of this website. Registration for the conference is now open. Download a registration form.]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Service for Les Mehrhoff Scheduled</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/01/24/mehrhoff-servic-scheduled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/01/24/mehrhoff-servic-scheduled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RINHS received the email below this morning through the invasive species grapevine (or would that be bittersweet vine?). It is from the family of late invasive plant guru Les Mehrhoff and announces a date for a memorial service. Someone from RINHS will definitely be going so anyone from the RI area interested in attending the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 RINHS Conference April 28, on Salt Ponds</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/01/14/2011-conference-april-28/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/01/14/2011-conference-april-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, RINHS’s annual ecology conference focuses on southern New England’s salt ponds and coastal lagoons. These special landscapes help characterize coastal Rhode Island and other parts of southern New England. They form a complex boundary between sea and land and are loci of dynamic natural processes, diverse habitats, and intense pressure from human activity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Chestnut Pull, July 17, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/07/14/chapmanpjuly172010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/07/14/chapmanpjuly172010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers are needed to pull water chestnut from Chapman Pond, Westerly, this Saturday, July 17, from 9 to Noon. Westerly Land Trust and RINHS are organizing a morning sortie to combat the invasive pond weed water chestnut in Chapman Pond. The infestation in Westerly, the third detected in Rhode Island, was found in 2009. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Doug Greene</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/06/17/remembering-doug-greene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who&#8217;ve been contacting the Survey to remember Doug Greene, who passed away suddenly on Sunday on his way home from BioBlitz. There will be a service for Doug in his home town of Reading, Mass., on Friday, June 18&#8211;visiting hours from 6-8 pm, memorial service at 8 pm. This link has more [...]]]></description>
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