PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that waters within Bristol Harbor and surrounding Hog Island are closed to shellfish harvesting effective immediately, until further notice. Specifically, all waters North and East of a line from the southern tip of Poppasquash...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management announces that due to anticipated unacceptable water quality resulting from this weekend's. 5.26" of rainfall, all approved waters of Point Judith Pond and Potters Pond will be closed to...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that the 2014 Opening Day of trout season will begin at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 12. There are more than 42,000 freshwater anglers in Rhode Island, the majority of whom are expected to turn out at...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management, in partnership with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, has awarded 38 grants totaling $16,850 to organizers of local Earth Day 2014 cleanup projects. This grant program is designed to highlight Earth Day 2014 and the value of...
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold public workshops in Tiverton and Exeter in early April to discuss the proposed 2014-2015 hunting seasons and bag limits regulations, 2015-2016 freshwater fishing seasons, and park and management area...
PROVIDENCE – The golf course at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick was awarded certification for its commitment to employing "green" environmental practices at a recent event sponsored by the RI Turf Grass Foundation. Managed by the Department of Environmental Management's Division of Parks...
Shellfish Closures to Revert to Pre-Phase I Criteria While the CSO Tunnel is Removed from Service
PROVIDENCE - As a part of construction related to Phase II of the Narragansett Bay Commission's (NBC) extremely successful federally-mandated Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Abatement Program, the...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management is now accepting applications from municipalities, land trusts, and non-profit land conservation organizations for Rhode Island Local Open Space Matching Grants. A total of up to $5 million is available during this round of the grant program.
Grant Applications Must be Submitted to DEM by March 14
PROVIDENCE - In celebration of Earth Day - April 22, 2014 - the Department of Environmental Management is partnering with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to offer grants to organizers of local Earth Day 2014 cleanup projects.
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, February 27 to discuss the draft water quality restoration plan for Scott Pond in Lincoln. The meeting will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Lincoln Town Hall.
Scott Pond does not meet...
