Pet Owners Advised Not to Let Their Dogs Run Free So That Dogs Do Not Harass the Bear
PROVIDENCE - The increased publicity about black bear sightings in Rhode Island has prompted the Department of Environmental Management to issue some tips on how to live with bears and discourage them from...
The Department of Environmental Management is providing the following guidelines to municipalities so they can manage tree waste that can not be cut and chipped at the point-of-generation. The following options are available to all municipalities. Through this temporary emergency approval process,...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that due to anticipated unacceptable water quality resulting from storm surge and coastal flooding from Hurricane Sandy, all approved waters of Point Judith Pond, Potter Pond, Ninigret Pond, Quonochontaug Pond, and Winnapaug Pond...
Funds Will be Used to Replace or Retrofit State and Municipal-Owned Diesel Equipment to Reduce Emissions
The Department of Environmental Management has received $1.73 million in American Recovery and Investment Act funding through the US Environmental Protection Agency for the RI Clean...
The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is the latest Rhode Island state agency to launch a transparency portal allowing taxpayers to view all expenditures for the Department. Expenditures are displayed in a detailed, user-friendly format in the context of expenditure classifications...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management is actively investigating why thousands of juvenile soft-shell clams washed ashore yesterday in Greenwich Bay along the beachfront at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick.
In order to pinpoint the reason for the clam wash-up, the...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management issues an urgent reminder that the deadline for renewing commercial fishing licenses is Monday, March 1, with no current opportunity to appeal the return of a late application.
"We are concerned that, with the March 1 deadline looming,...
