page_title: Quicksand Pond
section_title: The Benjamin Family Environmental Center
hierarchical_section_title: Quicksand Pond / Goosewing Beach / Goosewing Beach Preserve / The Benjamin Family Environmental Center
caption_attribution_description: English: The Benjamin Family Environmental Center in the Goosewing Beach Preserve.
context_page_description: Quicksand Pond is a pond in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
  It is a major winter flounder spawning area, has Rare Species Habitat and Significant Natural Communities designation, and is part of a proposed natural greenway corridor. Quicksand Pond is also entirely surrounded by critical habitats, and there are a number of protected areas adjacent to Quicksand Pond. It is part of the Southeastern Coastal Watershed Basin.
  It is part of one of the most scenic and undisturbed coastal areas in Rhode Island, and its protection is of high priority. Approximately half of the shorelines on Quicksand Pond are undeveloped, the remainder are developed as private residences.
context_section_description: The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island opened The Benjamin Family Environmental Center on July 11, 2010. The Benjamin Family Environmental Center has programs and exhibits about the many types of habitats that make up the Quicksand Pond and Goosewing Beach Preserve areas.
  The Nature Conservancy hires a Plover Warden and a Goosewing Beach Preserve Manager during nesting season (mid-April to early-September) to monitor and protect the species and to help educate beach-goers about the sensitive wildlife that inhabit the area.
  A study at Goosewing beached provided evidence that mudflats are preferred brood-rearing habitat for piping plovers.
caption: The Benjamin Family Environmental Center at the Goosewing Beach Preserve
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