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09/01/2015
DEM: September 1 West Nile/EEE Status Update
The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from the remaining 239 mosquito pools, or samples, from 45 traps set statewide on August 12 and August 17 are negative for both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Results from 178 pools collected from 39 traps set...
08/31/2015
DEM Cautions Dog Owners to Be Alert For Signs of Parvovirus
The Department of Environmental Management is alerting dog owners in the state of an unusually high number of cases of canine parvovirus being reported to the RI State Veterinarian's office. Canine parvovirus is required to be reported to the state veterinarian if the diagnosis is made in a dog...
08/31/2015
CONDITIONAL SHELLFISH AREAS IN UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY TO RE-OPEN FOUR AND ONE-HALF DAYS EARLY AS A RESULT OF ACCEPTABLE POST-STORM MONITORING DATA-Conimicut Triangle Will Reopen at Sunrise on Saturday, August 29
The Department of Environmental Management announces that the Conimicut Triangle conditional area in Upper Narragansett Bay will re-open to shellfishing beginning at sunrise on Saturday, August 29 - four and one-half days earlier than the scheduled opening at noon on September 2. The shellfish...
08/24/2015
DEM: August 24 West Nile/EEE Status Update
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from the remaining 101 mosquito pools, or samples, from 32 traps set statewide during the week of August 12 are negative for both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Results from 239 pools collected...
08/20/2015
DEM Asks Public to Notify Department If They Suspect Presence of Invasive Asian Longhorned Beetle
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management is coordinating a public outreach program for the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). ALB is an invasive insect that came to the United States in wooden shipping crates from China and Korea more than 16 years ago. It affects hardwood shade trees...
08/19/2015
DEM, DOH Report Summer's First West Nile Virus Finding in Mosquitoes
PROVIDENCE, RI - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Department of Health (DOH) today reported that an August 12 sample of mosquitoes collected in the central area of North Kingstown has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The mosquito is a species that can...
08/19/2015
DEM, RI DOH Confirm Rabies in a Skunk from South Kingstown
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Department of Health (RI DOH) are advising people who live near Roy Carpenter's Beach, South Kingstown, that a skunk in the area tested positive for rabies. The skunk attacked a person on Saturday, August 15. The skunk was...
08/19/2015
DEM and Arbor Day Foundation Announce New RI Energy Saving Trees Program
1,000 Free Trees to Be Provided to Rhode Island Homeowners This Fall PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management, through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the RI Tree Council and the RI Nursery and Landscape Association, will be providing 1,000 free...
08/18/2015
DEM: August 18 West Nile/EEE Status Update
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from 105 mosquito pools, or samples, from 37 traps set statewide during the week of August 3 are negative for both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Results from 102 pools collected from 32 traps set...
08/18/2015
RI Veterans Home Residents Going Fishing at Handicap-Accessible Colt State Park Fishing Pier on Wednesday, August 19
PROVIDENCE - Twelve residents of the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol will spend their morning fishing at the Colt State Park Fishing Pier on Wednesday, August 19 (10 a.m. to noon). The outing is being made possible through the efforts of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 15, Lawson-

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