Clean The Bay, an organization based in Rhode Island that is dedicated to keeping the region's waterways and shorelines free of large debris, announced on January 26, 2011 renewed funding  from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which will allow the organization to extend their services into Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River in the Fall River Area. The $120,000 grant will be combined with private funding to ensure that existing clean up effort can be extended into the Bay and River in the spring of 2011. The project will remove abandoned boats, tires, furniture and other large items. Over the past six years, the Project has removed over 1,320 tons of debris from Rhode Island waterways and shorelines. The project uses a 56' mechanized landing craft furnished with a three-ton crane for towing and lifting large objects. For more information, contact Clean The Bay executive director Wendy Mackie at 508-280-6755 or Fall River Environmental Affairs Officer Elizabeth Dennehy at 508-324-2340.
 

(Top row, center) Peter Amaral, representing Senator Michael Rodrigues, looks at a map of clean-up locations in Narragansett and Mount Hope Bay with Clean the Bay executive director Wendy Mackie as Fall River Director of Inspectional Services Joseph Biszko. (Middle row, left) Environmental Affairs Officer Elizabeth Dennehy hands out project information to Planning Director James Hartnett and City Engineer Byron Holmes in the Fall River Room at Government Center. (Middle row, right) Fall River Mayor William Flanagan opens the news conference by announcing the funding from Clean The Bay. (Bottom row) Landing craft captain Joe Mariani and Wendy Mackie listen as Clean The Bay director Topher Hamblett and Clean the Bay board chairman Robert Bafting talk about the project while Swansea Selectmen Chairman Robert A. Marquis looks on.

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