PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) encourages residents to acknowledge Earth Day by checking for signs of invasive forest pests such as tree-killing insects like the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) and Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). These insects pose a serious threat to...
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) encourages Rhode Islanders to celebrate Earth Day - Tuesday, April 22 - by joining a local clean up, taking easy steps to improve the environment or simply getting outdoors and enjoying nature in a state park or management...
PROVIDENCE -- The Department of Environmental Management has issued a Permit to Alter Freshwater Wetlands to the RI Airport Corporation (RIAC) for a runway safety improvement project at T.F. Green State Airport in Warwick. The permit, which also serves as a Water Quality Certification by the state...
Community Works RI Receives 1 of 38 Earth Day Grants Awarded by DEM & RIRRC in 2014
PROVIDENCE - In celebration of Earth Day - April 22, 2014 - the Department of Environmental Management partnered with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to offer grants to organizers of local...
PROVIDENCE -- The Department of Environmental Management's Office of Compliance and Inspection has issued an Expedited Citation Notice (Notice) to 29 property owners who are in violation of requirements under the Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007. The Act applies to cesspools located within 200...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management has announced that the emergency closure of the waters of Bristol Harbor and waters in the vicinity of Hog Island that were closed to shellfishing due to high flows and high fecal coliform levels in effluent discharged from the Bristol...
PROVIDENCE – Over the course of the last year, many of our state's highly respected natural resource and wildlife specialists worked diligently to determine the Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Rhode Island. This list identifies those wildlife species that are in decline or...
Business Community Can Dispose of Obsolete Pesticides at Collection Events to be held in North Kingstown and Middletown
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Agriculture will hold two collection events in April for businesses to properly dispose of obsolete...
$200,000 in Federal Clean Vessel Act Funds is Now Available
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that it is now accepting applications from public and private marinas, yacht clubs and municipalities to construct, replace, retrofit and maintain marine pump-out boats...
PROVIDENCE - With the freshwater fishing season opening on Saturday, April 12, the Department of Environmental Management reminds anglers – particularly those fishing from a boat – that even on a warm day water temperatures can hover in the low to mid 50s. According to a U.S. Coast Guard report,
