Indian Lake and Watchaug Pond improvements completed in June 2018
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that construction of improvements to the boat ramp at Echo Lake, also known as Pascoag Reservoir, in Glocester will begin on October 22. The...
Using DEM's new system, hunters can now report their deer harvest online
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking hunters to take special precautions when hunting deer, elk, and moose (cervids) to keep Rhode Island deer herds free of Chronic Wasting...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will stock rainbow and brook trout in Stafford Pond in Tiverton next week in advance of Columbus Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing.
Stafford Pond is among the many Rhode Island ponds and rivers being...
PROVIDENCE – The 75 mosquito samples from 33 traps set on September 17 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today.
To date, in Rhode Island, 10 mosquito samples from...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will begin stocking trout in ponds across Rhode Island next week in advance of Columbus Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing.
The following waters will be stocked with rainbow and brook trout before...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public that a timber harvesting project will get underway soon in the Hillsdale Preserve Management Area in Richmond. The project aims to salvage oak species impacted by repeated defoliations from forest...
PROVIDENCE – The 107 mosquito samples from 27 traps set on Sept. 11 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today. Results from traps set Sept. 17 will be reported next week.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public that Silver Spring Lake in North Kingstown will receive an inspection and possible follow-up treatment to control noxious weed infestation on Tuesday, September 25. The initial treatment in June...
PROVIDENCE – Division of Law Enforcement (DLE) Officers cited a Warren man yesterday in Narragansett for having caught 13 striped bass – 12 over the limit for a recreational angler – the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced.
After a period of surveillance, DLE Officers Jeff...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that test results from one mosquito pool, or sample, from a trap set in Pawtucket has been confirmed positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The finding is not unexpected. New England states currently are in the...
