Limited number of new commercial fishing license opportunities available PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is accepting applications for new and renewed commercial fishing licenses through Wednesday, February 28. A limited number of new commercial...

Adams property is the second-largest protected farm in Rhode Island PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), The Champlin Foundation, and the RI Agricultural Lands Preservation Commission (ALPC), announces the...

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.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today the award of more than $3.75 million in grants to help communities and local organizations protect valuable green space throughout the state. Seventeen projects will receive matching grants to protect 889...

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that a free workshop for hunters will be offered this month in Exeter. A trapping workshop will be offered on Sunday, February 11 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at DEM's Fish & Wildlife Education Center...

Closure Extension Due to Reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow from Sewage Transmission Line PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that conditionally-approved waters of Mount Hope Bay and the Kickemuit River will remain closed to shellfish harvesting...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will hold a public hearing later this month on National Grid LNG, LLC's application for a Rhode Island Water Quality Certification for the proposed redevelopment of property along the Providence River in Providence....

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces a new, mandatory education and certification program for everyone who commercially harvests and lands shellfish in Rhode Island. The goal of the program is to ensure that shellfish harvesters deliver a safe...

$120,000 Awarded for Renewable Energy Investments PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources and the Rhode Island Resource Conservation & Development Area Council, today announced $120,000 in...

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking ponds across Rhode Island this month with some 4,200 brook and rainbow trout for the winter trout fishing season. "Fishing is a popular winter activity for people of all ages, providing an opportunity to...