Climbri.org is a pretty active email server for outdoor climbing in and around RI.

Use storm tools to get a sense of the risk. Not worth it unless you have plenty of money and are willing to deal with the Hassel of replacing all your stuff.

Yep, he did our home inspection and didn't miss a thing.

I. Believe there is a co-working space I In Pawtuxet Village. Alternately public libraries usually have this type of space as well.

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, certainly not a big hike, but for most folks who's only experience in Lincoln Woods is walking the paved loop, it involves a bit of exploring.

I think this is correct but you'll have to walk for a ways off the beaten path to find this spot if it's where I think it is.

Yes, lots of smart people working on it at SUNY ESF. If you like to read, the first chapter of The Overstory by Richard Powers has a beautiful and tragic telling of the story of the American Chestnut.

Could it be a shagbark hickory?

Yes, almost all chestnuts in the US we're killed by a fungus brought in with Chinese chestnuts in the first half of the 20th century. They still sprout up from remaining roots but usually die off before bearing fruit as the fungus attacks them as they get older. There are several projects being carried out that seek to restore American Chestnuts to eastern forests and a few trees in isolated locations that remain.