PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that seasonal shellfish area closures will take effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 25, and will remain in place until Tuesday, October 15. Consistent with federal requirements, DEM closes some local waters to the...
Building on its 75,000-fish pre-Opening Day stocking effort, DEM began supplemental spring trout stocking today.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has begun stocking five ponds across Rhode Island this week with golden rainbow trout before Memorial Day...
DEM emphasizes continuation of carry-in/carry-out policy at state parks and beaches. The agency also is launching a pilot litter reduction program at Misquamicut.
PROVIDENCE – In tandem with Governor Gina M. Raimondo's initiative to invest in and celebrate the state park system, the Department...
In a leading effort to protect its residents from skin cancer, the Ocean State
deploys public natural sunscreen dispensers at all state beaches and parks this summer.
Providence, RI (May 20, 2019) RI Governor Gina Raimondo and US Senator Jack Reed join Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode...
Sprague Operating Resources LLC receives, distributes, and stores liquid asphalt and other oil-based products at its facility on Allens Avenue.
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to a Providence business for alleged environmental...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning will hold two informational workshops this month to gather public input on the draft Rhode Island Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). The SCORP...
Boaters can bring their expired safety flares to West Marine during three collection events being held this season at West Marine. The first collection is on May 19 in Narragansett, and new flares can be purchased at a discount.
PROVIDENCE – Environmental Police Officers from the Rhode Island...
Rhode Island conservation community joins forces for "Operation Spadefoot RI"
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is partnering with the University of Rhode Island (URI) and a contingent of conservation organizations this week to create breeding wetlands for the state-...
Agency's action is not connected to or sequenced with the Energy Facility Siting Board's pending decision on siting and building the facility proposed by Invenergy
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that it has found that the Clear River...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public that a project to remove about 20 dead, dying, or otherwise hazardous trees surrounding Mansion Field in Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick will get underway within the next two to three weeks....
