PROVIDENCE – To accelerate growth of Rhode Island's green economy, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the RI Food Policy Council, has awarded $95,949 in grants to 12 local agriculture and food businesses. The awards, funded under the Local...
PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island's itinerant bear or bears continue to roam throughout the state, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today is reminding Rhode Islanders that the best way to prevent an interaction – and to discourage black bears from becoming nuisance animals – is to...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today it will be administering an additional conditional Surf Lifeguard Certification test next week. This test is being held because several candidates have expressed difficulty in getting to earlier tests due...
Boaters directed to use nearby Sakonnet River Bridge boat ramp in Tiverton
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the concrete boat ramp at Gull Cove in Portsmouth has reached the end of its useful life and will be removed this summer. Located on the...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that seasonal shellfish area closures will take effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 25, and will remain in place until Tuesday, October 15. Consistent with federal requirements, DEM closes some local waters to the...
Building on its 75,000-fish pre-Opening Day stocking effort, DEM began supplemental spring trout stocking today.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has begun stocking five ponds across Rhode Island this week with golden rainbow trout before Memorial Day...
Candidates can select a test time through new online registration program
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today it is administering conditional Non-Surf and Surf Lifeguard Certification tests beginning this week. Lifeguard...
In a leading effort to protect its residents from skin cancer, the Ocean State
deploys public natural sunscreen dispensers at all state beaches and parks this summer.
Providence, RI (May 20, 2019) RI Governor Gina Raimondo and US Senator Jack Reed join Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode...
Sprague Operating Resources LLC receives, distributes, and stores liquid asphalt and other oil-based products at its facility on Allens Avenue.
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to a Providence business for alleged environmental...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning will hold two informational workshops this month to gather public input on the draft Rhode Island Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). The SCORP...
