$1.25 Million Available to Clean Up Contaminated
Land, Spur Economic Growth, and Create Jobs
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced $1.25 million is available in matching grant funds to support the cleanup of contaminated properties, known...
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced a mosquito sample collected on July 25 in Pawtucket has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). This is the first finding of WNV in Rhode Island this year.
PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting free, hands-on field training for hunters this month. The 90-minute training sessions are open to people who have completed a hunter or bowhunter education course. Space is limited and...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced Rhode Island has published an update to its Wildlife Action Plan (WAP), qualifying the state for significant federal matching funds for wildlife and habitat conservation. Rhode Island's first WAP was...
Sessions Suited to Novice, Experienced Fly-Tiers
PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting a series of free fishing fly-tying workshops for novice and experienced fly-tiers beginning today.
WHAT: Free Fly-Tying...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced 176 mosquito samples from 37 traps set on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).
Personal protection is the first line of...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Janet Coit, Director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), applauded the order by Superior Court Justice Michael A. Silverstein appointing a Special Master to oversee the cleanup of the Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM) scrap metal operation...
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced EMMA Acres in Exeter has been named Rhode Island's 2016 Outstanding Dairy Farm by the Rhode Island Green Pastures Committee of which DEM is a member.
"EMMA Acres is one of Rhode Island's finest dairy...
Part of Governor Raimondo's Lead by Example in Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Initiative
PROVIDENCE – As part of efforts to transition Rhode Island to a cleaner, low-carbon energy economy, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the Rhode Island...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced 129 mosquito samples from 35 traps set on Monday, July 11, 2016 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Test results from the remaining 30 traps set on...
