Published on Thursday, February 13, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – To simplify and streamline the sale of hunting and freshwater fishing licenses, permits, stamps, and tags, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) Division of Fish & …
Published on Monday, February 10, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is recruiting to fill critical summertime positions like lifeguards, park rangers, and other key staff to work at state beaches, parks, …
Published on Thursday, February 06, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to build Rhode Island’s capacity to respond to wildfires, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) Forest Fire Program is offering an entry level course to train …
Published on Friday, January 24, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today is announcing the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in a noncommercial farm flock in southern Washington County. Earlier …
Published on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting winter trout and salmon stocking. Stocking will be in selected areas in Rhode Island beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21, and …
Published on Monday, January 13, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program and the Congressional Delegation announce that work to …
Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces its plans to conduct low-severity prescribed burns on state lands on Prudence Island in Portsmouth, Exeter, West Greenwich, …
Published on Thursday, December 26, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) invites the public to kick off 2025 and celebrate the New Year by joining a First Day Hike at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick on …
Published on Monday, December 23, 2024 The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield, Blackamore …
Published on Thursday, December 19, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the emergency closure of Upper Narragansett Bay shellfish ‘Area A’ and ‘Area B’ will end at sunrise tomorrow, Friday, …
Published on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI –The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding Rhode Islanders and nonresidents holding standard fishing licenses (SFLs), multipurpose licenses, shellfish over 65 …
Published on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is again partnering with the Rhode Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) for the ‘Trees for Trout’ habitat restoration program, which …
Published on Friday, December 13, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust in partnership with Bally’s Corporation today announced the permanent conservation of 38.27 acres of …
Published on Thursday, December 12, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that several shellfish areas in Narragansett Bay and the coastal salt ponds are closed due to excessive rain received …
Published on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) highlighted the agency’s 2024 accomplishments, which included improving climate resilience in local …
Published on Monday, December 09, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased in 2022. At 9.60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e …
Published on Thursday, December 05, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that grants are available to communities and private businesses that own and/or operate boating facilities that are …
Published on Monday, December 02, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announces the conservation of 942.11 acres of forested land in Burrillville for public recreational use, including hunting – the …
Published on Friday, November 29, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) reminds the public that solid, fluorescent orange must be worn in all state management areas and undeveloped state parks during designated …
Published on Monday, November 25, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA), and the Congressional Delegation announces that Rhode Island has received a $15.5M …
