To the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program

I have serious concerns for the health of our bay. I believe the powers to be have made choices long ago, and some not very long ago, that are very detrimental to our bays health as a marine estuary. We have no idea what kind of toxic cocktail we are producing and dumping into our bay every day from the millions of gallons from the many waste water treatment plants that release their effluent to our bay. Rhode Islanders deserve to better understand what effects this and the grand experiment (the extreme Nitrogen reduction schedule that the late Dr Scott Nixon had raised concerns about) has had on Narragansett Bay and the plant and animal life that once flourished. Many jobs have been lost both in harvesting and the support and infrastructure of the commercial fishing industry. The healthy delicious seafood once provided by Narragansett Bay is in jeopardy. Citizens of the state should be made aware of the problems facing our bay and have the opportunity to weigh in on how to best manage it.