PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is lifting the advisory it placed March 23 on the stretch of the Blackstone River from the Woonsocket Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility located at 11 Cumberland Hill Road, Woonsocket, to the Slater Mill Dam in Pawtucket.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has installed new rooftop solar arrays at two state beaches and the Port of Galilee. Funded by grant money secured by the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office in a 2018 settlement with Volkswagen for violating Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the RI Tree Council, RI Nursery and Landscape Association, and the Arbor Day Foundation, is providing 1,000 free trees to Rhode Island residents this spring through the Energy-Saving Trees program. Registration...
PROVIDENCE -- The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Agriculture has upgraded its Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) bulk purchase pilot program to provide an estimated 12,800 boxes of fresh Rhode Island food to eligible seniors. The purpose of this program is to...
PROVIDENCE– The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will offer an overview of repairs planned for the Silver Spring Lake Dam at the North Kingstown Town Council meeting set for Monday, March 14. The meeting will be held at 7 PM at the Beechwood Senior Center, 44 Beach Street,...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has partnered with Everblue, an innovative training company, to streamline the licensing process for commercial pesticide applicators throughout the state. Using Everblue's proprietary registration system, licensure...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today is launching a new website that will serve as a one-stop-shop where Rhode Islanders who fish, hunt, and boat may obtain all the licenses, permits, and tags they need to participate in these activities. The single,...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announces the permanent protection of 26.9 acres of forested land in Little Compton for public recreational use, including hunting. The parcel abuts DEM's Eight Rod Management Area, which straddles the boundary of Little Compton...
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) reminds fishers of the Feb. 28, 2022, renewal deadline date for renewing existing multipurpose licenses (MPURP), commercial fishing licenses (CFL), principal effort licenses (PEL), and over 65 shellfish licenses (SFO65).
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management's (DEM) will hold a hybrid (Zoom) public workshop on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, to discuss the proposed 2023-2024 freshwater fishing season, the 2022-2023 falconry regulations, and the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 hunting and trapping...
