PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) reminds residents to remove potential food sources from their properties as black bears emerge from hibernation. Increasing bear populations in the region have led to more frequent sightings – especially in rural areas of...
High Water Levels and Quick Currents Expected Due to Recent Rainfalls
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising anglers to avoid rivers and use caution as the trout fishing season kicks off at sunrise on Saturday. Due to recent heavy rainfalls,...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Law Enforcement (DLE) is seeking information about two recent incidents on Aquidneck Island of coyotes with illegal leg-hold traps. Anyone with information on who set these traps is asked to contact DLE at 401-222-...
Lifeguards Needed for All State Swimming Areas
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is recruiting for a variety of seasonal employment positions at recreational facilities across the state. Rhode Island residents, ages 16 and older, are encouraged to apply.
Registration now open for popular program that helps Rhode Islanders save energy, money
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Arbor Day Foundation are teaming up once again to give away 1,000 trees as part of the State's Energy-Saving Trees Program....
Spring Turkey Season Opens April 27
PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting a free informational seminar on wild turkey hunting this month. The program is designed to educate hunters of all ages and experience on safe, successful...
Release Marks 7th Anniversary of the State's Great Flood of 2010
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today released findings of a new study that examines the impacts of climate change on the state's wastewater infrastructure. As part of broader State...
Some 80,000 trout stocked in ponds, rivers across state
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today it is stocking 80,000 trout into Rhode Island ponds and streams in preparation for the freshwater fishing season. Opening day of the season,...
Nearly $2 million available to help local businesses reduce emissions, improve air quality
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today $1.9 million in grants is available under the state's new Clean Diesel Fund to help local businesses reduce...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that effective at sunrise on Friday, March 24, it will lift the emergency shellfishing closure for areas of Rhode Island Sound, lower Narragansett Bay south of the Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazzano...
