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April 17, 2006

N. Kingstown peninsula to be dedicated as preserve

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- A 230-acre peninsula in North Kingstown is scheduled to be dedicated as a nature preserve today in memory of the late Senator John Chafee.

Days before his death in 1999, Chafee wrote the former Narragansett Electric Company and asked it to preserve the land overlooking Narragansett Bay.

The company, now a part of National Grid, donated the land to the state in 2001.

Its dedication was delayed while the state and town negotiated hunting rights on the land. The state, which had leased part of the property to waterfowl hunters, eventually agreed to ban hunting and guns on the land.

After today's dedication, the area will be known as the John H. Chafee Nature Preserve at Rome Point.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry  at 7:09 AM | Permalink

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