Ballard Park
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Ballard Park is a superb community resource, a 16.7-acre property in Newport with forested areas, a meadow, hiking trails, seasonal streams, wetlands, and a large vernal pond. The park is adjacent to 58 acres of ALT-protected land, which includes Gooseneck Cove. It is also connected to a 4.65-acre Audubon Society property to the north. Thus, after completion of this deal, there will be 79.65 acres of contiguously protected land. Large habitat patches like this, with a diversity of habitat types, are vital habitat for many different species of wildlife like resident and migratory birds, small mammals, and amphibians.
ALT, the City of Newport, and the Ballard Family are working together to permanently conserve the park – your donation will help us do this! Thank you for making a donation to help us conserve this important Aquidneck Island property.
Annual Appeal
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Your generous donations are the lifeblood of our operations. Your support enables us to conserve open space, undertake projects to protect our water supply and watershed area, promote local food production, and educate local youth about conservation. With your help, ALT has conserved 2,605.55 acres of open space — over 11% of our island! — since 1990. Thank you!
Please contact Laura Freedman Pedrick at 401.849.2799, ext. 18, or lpedrick@ailt.org, with any questions, or to request wiring instructions for gifts of securities.
Little Creek Preserve Trailside Park
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Little Creek Preserve is a spectacular 15.6-acre property that abuts the Sakonnet Greenway Trail, off of Bramans Lane in Portsmouth. With the generous support of hundreds of donors, ALT has raised the funds required to conserve it forever. Your donation to the Trailside Park will help us make the necessary site improvements to make this property publicly accessible. Improvements include trail and boardwalk creation, and park amenities such as benches and picnic tables. Every gift is important – thank you!
The Little Creek River headwaters originate from a freshwater spring on the property and eventually empty into the Sakonnet River, three miles to the south. The wetlands, headwaters, pond and natural spring make it extremely valuable from a water resources perspective. They provide excellent habitat for a range of amphibian and avian species, including songbirds and waterfowl. Wood ducks, spring peepers, woodchucks, turkeys, resident and migratory songbirds, barn owls and various small mammals are all at home on this beautiful site. Its conservation will expand recreational and educational opportunities from the existing trail system and create a larger network of protected wildlife areas on Aquidneck Island.
Please consider making a gift to help ALT improve Little Creek for our community. Contact Laura Freedman Pedrick at 401.849.2799, ext. 18, or lpedrick@ailt.org, with any questions. Thank you!
