Paul Earnshaw, president of the Buckeye Brook Coalition and recent recipient of a Save the Bay award for outstanding environmental advocacy, received the RI Blueways Alliance award in ceremonies March 10 at URI. The RI Blueways Alliance is dedicated to developing a water trail network linking Rhode Island's rivers, lakes and ponds to Narragansett Bay and to use the trail to promote safety, conservation, recreation and economic development. Paul

Earnshaw's work with the Buckeye Brook Coalition really stood out from the all the nominations. The award was presented at the Land & Water Conservation Summit at the URI Memorial Union. Here, Earnshaw is joined by George Shuster, also of Warwick, who nominated him.