VI. REGIONAL OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION GOALS

The Regional Open Space and Recreation Goals are the product of existing municipal Open Space Plans and the ongoing Regional Open Space Committee meetings and activities. All of the existing municipal Open Space Plans from the Ten Mile River and Narragansett/Mount Hope Bay Watersheds have been analyzed and their "Action Plans" analyzed to determine potential regional Goals (and action items). The municipal "Action Plans" were then distributed to the Regional Open Space Committee members in order to determine the continued relevance of any or all action items.

The goals listed below reflect both the existing documented regional goals of the municipalities and the subsequent work undertaken with the Basin Team Leader over the past year.

· Improve the water quality of the region's rivers, streams and waterbodies;
· Increase the amount of permanently protected open space, particularly within focus areas, water resource areas and along river and stream corridors;
· Plan for and develop regional "through trails," including walking, biking and canoeing;
· Develop, and, where feasible, employ regionally consistent zoning, land use and conservation strategies and regulations;
· Create a permanent Regional Open Space Committee;
· Create a singular geographic watershed identity for the municipalities in the Ten Mile River and Narragansett/Mount Hope Bay Watersheds.