Nayatt Pack One is Going to Prudence Island on April 26!
This should be a fun, new event that we haven't done before. This is a whole day trip that will involve biking, exploring and having a great time!
We’ll be leaving from the Prudence Island Ferry at 9:30 am on April 26th. Many of us are planning on riding there on the bike path from Shaw’s in Barrington. You’re welcome to start in other places as well (i.e. Colt State Park), or go ahead and Park in Bristol. A Sunday morning might be okay for parking in Bristol – but they are tough and love to ticket!
Greg Voight and Andy Soutter will announce the cost, but it shouldn’t be more than $10.00 without a car on the ferry. We’re going just for the day. Out on the morning ferry and back on the evening ferry (at this time of year there are only two). We will be back by 3 or so in Bristol. Some of us may even stop in at Grey’s Ice Cream just down on the water!
We'll set up a base camp at the Park, have some food. Remember, many of us will just be on bikes (although we will have a truck for the gear), so bring what you want to carry in a backpack!
Lets hope we see some seals as well. They should still be out
Prudence Island is located in the geographic center of Narragansett Bay. The island is approximately 7 miles long and 1 mile across at its widest point.
Prudence Island also supports one of the most dense white-tailed deer herds in New England.
Raccoons, squirrels, Eastern red fox, Eastern cottontail rabbits, mink, and white-footed mice are plentiful. The large, salt marshes at the north end of Prudence are used as feeding areas by a number of large wading birds such as great and little blue herons, snowy and great egrets, black-crowned night herons, green-backed herons and glossy ibis. Between September and May, Prudence Island is also used as a haul-out site for harbor seals.
Prudence was acquired from the Indians by Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island and until the 1800’s it was not used for a great deal besides farming. The cool stuff did not start until the Second World War (WWII). That’s when the US Army based a camp there and the Navy based a Mgazine there. It was abandoned in 1947 and given to the State of Rhode Island as a reserve. People still live there today, but 70% of it is a reserve.
The Park we’re going to is going to be a blast for biking and exploring for the scouts. There are deer there and as a result, ticks. The DEM team has given us some of what they use and if we all practice safe biking, dressing (long pants, long sleeves) it should be a blast.
Mr Soutter will tell us all about it at our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you there! Find out more about it at this link:
http://www.nbnerr.org/reserve.htm
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