Durfee Hill Management Area in Glocester is a playground for wildlife
Dogs: Allowed, but must be leashed. Maps: On an information board at the trailhead. Difficulty: Easy to moderate, with some small hills. GLOCESTER — Man-made ponds pop up almost everywhere in rural Rhode Island. Farmers built them to irrigate crops and water livestock. Millers dammed brooks and channeled the backed-up water to grind grain in grist mills. Fire wardens and landowners filled reservoirs to protect property in remote areas. Conservationists constructed earthen dikes across streams...
Source: providencejournal.com