PROVIDENCE – With the trout fishing season opening on Saturday, April 9, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding anglers – particularly those fishing from a boat – to exercise personal safety precautions while in pursuit of their first trout of the season. Anyone...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is pleased to announce that Opening Day of trout season is back to its regular, pre-COVID schedule, with over 100 freshwater locations stocked, including the children's ponds, on Saturday, April 9, 2022. DEM's Division of Fish and...
PROVIDENCE – Spring has arrived and the Department of Environmental Management's (DEM) Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has another season of programs scheduled to connect Rhode Islanders with the outdoors and natural resources. From counting herring during their annual spring migration to...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has postponed its #NationalWalkingDay walk at Lincoln Woods State Park – originally planned for Wednesday, April 6 – until April 20 due to rainstorms in the forecast. The rain date walk will be from 5:30-7:30 PM. The event is for all...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and RI Agricultural Lands Preservation Commission (ALPC) announce the sale of 10 acres of protected farmland in South Kingstown to Kingston Farm Properties, operated by Albert Brandon of Brandon Family Farms. This parcel is the first...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is inviting Rhode Islanders to get healthy and outside on #NationalWalkingDay by joining DEM on a walk at Lincoln Woods State Park April 6 from 5:30-7:30 PM. The event is for all ages and physical abilities. It will be the first event...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing today that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Rhode Island grew by 8.18% between 2017 and 2018, according to an analysis of the state's 2018 GHG inventory conducted by DEM air quality specialists. This uptick carries...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing today that none of the bids that were submitted describing plans to redevelop the property occupied by the former Lighthouse Inn in the state Port of Galilee were deemed to be viable by a review team, and DEM...
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that spring wild turkey hunting permits go on sale Friday, April 1, for the youth, paraplegic, and public season. The 2022 seven-day youth turkey hunting season (ages 12-15) is open from April 18 through April 24.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) confirms it will conduct a one-day prescribed burn on part of Dutch Island, a state property located in Narragansett Bay between Jamestown and North Kingstown. The burn, to be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 29, weather...
