Friends of
Wickford Marsh Sign the petition

Warwick, Rhode Island

A community campaign · Before the town vote

A whole marsh shouldn’t have to ask permission to exist.

The salt marsh seen through the window of a school bus at low tide
Low tide, the marsh edge

Friends of Wickford Marsh is the community campaign to protect the marsh before the town vote. We run petition drives, marsh clean-up days, bird survey walks, town council advocacy, school field trips, and a land protection pledge program — because the marsh can’t speak at the meeting, so we do.

Sign the petition Become a member

Every signature is one more Warwick name the council has to picture

The vote

The town gets a vote.
The marsh doesn’t.

Everything we do points at one moment: the town vote. Petition drives put Warwick names on the record. Clean-up days put hands on the shoreline. Bird survey walks put eyes on what lives here. Field trips put students in front of it. Town council advocacy puts all of that in the room. Then the council decides.

Add your name See what we do
A resident speaking from a microphone at a town council meeting
Town council advocacy, Warwick
01

Sign the petition

Petition drives put Warwick names in front of the town council. A signature isn’t a statistic — it’s a person the council has to picture.

02

Become a recurring member

Members keep the campaign moving between votes: the clean-up days, the bird survey walks, the school field trips, the pledge program.

03

Speak up at the council

Town council advocacy is neighbors at the microphone, saying the marsh matters — and saying it while it can still be protected.

What we do

Six ways to stand up for the marsh.

Pick the one that fits you. All six feed the same campaign: signatures, members, and neighbors in the room before the council votes.

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Petition drives

Neighbors collecting signatures from neighbors. Every name goes on the record and in front of the town council.

Volunteers in gloves carrying bags along the marsh shoreline 02

Marsh clean-up days

A few hours on the shoreline with gloves, bags, and whoever turns up. Kids welcome. Boots strongly recommended.

A small group walking a marsh path with binoculars at dawn 03

Bird survey walks

Slow walking, quiet counting, and a lot of standing still at the marsh edge. Bring binoculars and patience.

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Town council advocacy

Neighbors at the microphone during public comment, saying the marsh matters while it can still be protected.

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School field trips

Warwick classes out at the marsh edge with boots on and notebooks open. They inherit whatever the town decides.

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Land protection pledge

A pledge you can actually keep: show up, speak up, bring someone with you, and walk the marsh often.

Students stepping off a school bus at the edge of the marsh
Field trip morning

School field trips

A generation is looking at this marsh through a bus window.

Class trips bring Warwick students out to the marsh edge — boots on, notebooks open, asking the questions grown-ups tend to skip. After the trip comes the pledge, the clean-up day, and the survey walk they can come back to.

they ask the questions we skip


Keep the field trips coming →

Petition

Add your name before the town vote.

Signatures are what the campaign carries into the council chamber. Add yours, and we’ll keep you posted on clean-up days and survey walks between now and the vote.

Petition slip

Warwick addresses carry the most weight with the council, but every name counts.

Membership

Keep the window open.

A recurring member keeps the campaign moving between votes — the clean-up days, the bird survey walks, the council advocacy, the field trips, and the next petition drive. You’re not buying anything. You’re keeping the window open for whoever rides past next.

  • Recurring members fund the campaign between votes, not just on the day of the vote.
  • Members hear first about clean-up days, survey walks, and field trip dates.
  • Members are the ones we call when it’s time to speak at the council.
Member

Friends of Wickford Marsh

Warwick, Rhode Island