Please Welcome Our New Land Trust Trustees:
The BSFD Land Trust is in need of volunteers for two projects in the 2025 Season. Please click below for further information. Thank you for your consideration!
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Next Land Trust Meeting:
January 13, 2025 @6:30pm @ CC
See Bonnet Shores Fire District Calendar for Agenda when available
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Land Trust Q & A Session with Dr. David Black
Thursday August 15, 2024 @6:30 PM
Approved DEM Wesquage Pond Watershed Plan - Dr. David Black
Land Trust Strategic Plan
2024 BAY & WATERSHED RESTORATION FUND GRANTS
As part of our requirements to reinstate the Land Trust as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit we established Rules and Regulations
Dr. King FEMA Presentation
October 25, 2023
Interim Report On Waters Off Little Beach
2022 Little Beach Summary
August 18, 2022
2020 Dr. King Plan for Little Beach
August 18, 2022
2021 FEMA Application
January 13, 2021
2018 ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATIONS
2017 DEM BWRF GRANT APPLICATION
LAND TRUST CHARTER
The Bonnet Shore Fire District Land Trust: Legislation approved by the R.I. General Assembly in the January Session of 1991, created the Bonnet Shores Land Trust. The R.I. General Assembly subsequently passed amendments in a second act in 1992. The 1991 act as amended represents the “charter” of the BSFD Land Trust and provides the legal basis for the Land Trust.The primary goals of the Bonnet Shore Fire District Land Trust are to: (1) Preserve open space in Bonnet Shores (2) Preserve and protect Bonnet Shores’ two beaches.Since it was created in 1991, the Bonnet Shores Land Trust is charged with the preservation and protection of land in Bonnet Shores.
Important projects we are currently working on include:
- A FEMA grant being performed by URI School of Oceanography to assess the waters off of Little Beach to assess the water and seaweed patterns and provide options for decreasing shoreline erosion at Little Beach.
- Signage for Land Trust properties including the Wesquage Wildlife Refuge, Kelly Beach, and the Bonnet Battery.
- Upkeep and enhancement of Community Center building and property.
- Plus, many other projects to enhance our community!
In the coming year, we will be working on supporting these Land Trust projects, through funding and volunteerism. We are looking for residents who will play an active and constructive role working on these projects or who might have other ideas for the Land Trust. Any resident with the following skills/ talents would be tremendous assets to the Land Trust and our purpose.
- Legal expertise for contract reviews and land acquisitions
- Experience or interest in fund raising
- Ecology for help with the Water Shed Plan and water testing of Wesquage Pond
Please feel free to contact Mary Flynn if you would like additional information by filling out the form on the right sidebar.