PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) have announced that a sample of mosquitoes collected on July 29 in the Smith Hill area of Providence has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). Samples are tested weekly at the RI...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, announces the start of a reconstruction and expansion project for the fishing pier at Colt State Park in Bristol. The site will give disabled anglers and others improved access to one of the state'...
Medical Waste Generators Required to Register and to Report the Amount of Waste Produced and Discarded During the Calendar Year
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management is reminding generators of medical waste that they must register online for a new MWG number for the 2014...
Tomatoes, Corn, Summer Squash, Peaches, Blueberries and Early McIntosh Apples among Locally-Grown Items Currently Featured at Farmers' Markets
PROVIDENCE - An abundance of locally-grown produce, meats and seafood is now available for purchase at farmers' markets and roadside stands throughout...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from all 163 mosquito pools, or samples, from 33 traps set statewide during the week of July 22 are negative for both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Throughout the mosquito season, residents...
Volunteers Needed to Help with Tree Surveys at Browning Mill Pond, Otis Farm Preserve, and Goddard Memorial State Park
PROVIDENCE - Through a cooperative effort with the USDA and Animal Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), the Department of Environmental Management will conduct tree...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife announces the launch of its 2015 Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) revision process. Over the next two years, DEM and its partners will work with wildlife experts and other key stakeholders throughout the state and...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from all 214 mosquito pools, or samples, from 33 traps set statewide during the week of July 15 are negative for both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Throughout the mosquito season, residents...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that in conjunction with Governor Chafee's Bay Day, all Rhode Islanders and visitors can fish in Rhode Island saltwaters without a saltwater fishing license on Sunday, July 28.
Free saltwater fishing for anglers is just one of...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management and the RI Agricultural Council announce that Bailey Brook Farm in East Greenwich has been named Rhode Island's 2013 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year by the Rhode Island Green Pastures Committee. Winning dairy farmers from each New England...
