Fishable/Swimmable Blackstone 2015

In 2000, the Corridor Commission and its partners held Expedition 2000 – a four-day trip down the Blackstone River from Worcester, MA to Pawtucket, RI to raise awareness about the River and its issues and to explore opportunities for its renewal with the help of local, state and federal partnership projects.

This event launched the ZAP! the Blackstone river campaign to focus efforts along the river to improve its water quality and public access - resulting in a cleaner, vibrant river.

Currently, the Corridor Commission is working with many partners to improve the river through organizing water quality monitoring programs, sponsoring river events, doing cleanups, building river access sites, and providing the public with information and a hands-on approach to river improvement.

The goal of Zap the Blackstone is to make the Blackstone a fishable-swimmable river by the year 2015. For more information on this campaign, please download the files below, or click here to see how you can get involved.