PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the most recent round of testing of 2022 by Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Health Laboratories has confirmed no positive isolations (findings) of West Nile Virus (WNV) or Eastern Equine...
PROVIDENCE The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach again UNHEALTHY levels during the afternoon and into the evening on Saturday July 23nd. The alert is being issued for Washington and Newport Counties only due to elevated ground level...
PROVIDENCE The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels during the afternoon and into the evening on Friday July 22nd. The alert is being issued for Washington and Newport Counties only due to elevated ground level ozone...
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is recruiting volunteers to help remove invasive water chestnut plants from the Turner Reservoir in the Rumford section of East Providence. The water chestnut is a virulent aquatic plant that's native to Asia. It has expanded...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the most recent round of testing of 2022 by Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Health Laboratories has confirmed no positive isolations (findings) of West Nile Virus (WNV) or Eastern Equine...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that two sections of the East Bay Bike Path will be closed for construction projects during the week of July 18-22. The first, for bike path asphalt repair, could cause a possible lane closure on Crescent...
PROVIDENCE, RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Director Terry Gray issued the following statement regarding DEM's plans to pause on the redevelopment of the property occupied by the former Lighthouse Inn in the state Port of Galilee. Commercial fishing landings rebounded strongly in...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is identifying Rui Resendes, 56, of East Providence as the decedent in an incident that took place in Newport on July 13. The Newport Fire Department recovered a man's body and an overturned kayak in the waters off...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the second round of testing of 2022 by RIDOH State Health Laboratories has confirmed no positive isolations (findings) of West Nile Virus (WNV) or Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). DEM collected 182 pools (...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Marine Fisheries and the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association are warning of receiving increased reports of anglers catching Smooth Puffers Fish in Rhode Island waters. Puffers belong to the family Tetradontidae,...
